Use of percent sign (%) as a CMD parameter is interpreted as a variable

Question

I try to run a batch file with the following code:

wget.exe \"http://example.com/file0%24.html\"

The problem is, that CMD is interpretin

Answer 1

Use a double-percent sign to send a percent literal.

wget.exe "http://example.com/file0%%24.html"

Answer 2

You can escape % as %%

wget.exe "http://example.com/file0%%24.html"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/75634