VBS How to call cmd.exe using a string variable with spaces

Question

I need to call the following:

set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "cmd /c copy /y C:\input\" & WScript.Arguments(0) & " C:\output", 0

where the input argument may be "File Name.txt". I have seen countless examples of people doing the same thing using double quotes for a hard coded file location, but nothing using an input argument or variable. What syntax is required so that the command line receives:

copy /y "C:\input\File Name.txt" C:\output

and not

copy /y C:\input\File Name.txt C:\output

for an arbitrary file name?

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:26:26Z

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Embed the needed quotes (escaped via doubling) in the surrounding literals:

WshShell.Run "cmd /c copy /y ""C:\input\" & WScript.Arguments(0) & """ C:\output", 0

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Jarrod L Over a year ago

That worked perfectly, I can't believe I wasn't able to figure that out. Thank you.

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