Maya Batch - truncated command return Syntax Error

[bdewalleDD7LQ]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a mayabatch job with the command line.

Mayabatch returns a Syntax Error on any -command I try to apply on the scene, showing a truncated command:

"C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2020/bin/mayabatch.exe" -file test.ma -command "playblast  -format qt -filename "test.mov" -fo -sequenceTime 0 -clearCache 1 -viewer 1 -showOrnaments 0 -fp 4 -percent 100 -compression "JPEG 2000" -quality 100 -widthHeight 1920 1080;"

will return an error:

Result: test.ma
Error: playblast -format qt -filename playblast -format qt -filename "test.mov" -fo -seque;

Error: Line 1.34: Syntax error

Another exemple:

"C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2020/bin/mayabatch.exe" -file test.ma -command "python("print('pouic '*50)");"

returns:

Result: test.ma
Error: python(print('pouic;
Error: Line 1.14: Syntax error

Any idea how to make this work?

Thanks

[brentmc · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You need to escape the double quotes inside the command string.

For Windows command shell you just double up the internal quotes as described in this stack overflow answer:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/562038/escaping-double-quotes-in-batch-script

Notice how I added extra quotes around ""test.mov"" and ""JPEG 2000"".

"C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2020/bin/mayabatch.exe" -file test.ma -command "playblast  -format qt -filename ""test.mov"" -fo -sequenceTime 0 -clearCache 1 -viewer 1 -showOrnaments 0 -fp 4 -percent 100 -compression ""JPEG 2000"" -quality 100 -widthHeight 1920 1080;"

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Brent

[bdewalleDD7LQ]

Awesome, it works!

Thanks  🙂