Parameters eaten by the CMD.EXE

The following parameter, when fed to a REXX program (or a batch program) 
is interpreted and "eaten" by the command interpreter CMD.EXE (see also 
Parameters eaten by the REXX interpreter): 

 /q 
    Suppress all output of OS/2 commands while running the program (Use 
    ECHO ON in your REXX program to turn this feature off) 
 

 Important: The parameter /Q is always interpreted by the CMD.EXE. It is 
 never seen by the REXX program. 
 This is also true for any parameter beginning with /Q (or /q). Therefore, 
 if you call a REXX program with the parameter '/QUIET' it will only see 
 'UIET' as parameter! 

 To avoid this limitation for parameters beginning with /Q you can call 
 the program with the parameter in double quotes--e.g., myProgram 
 "/QUIET". But be aware that in this case the CMD will also pass the 
 double quotes to your program! 

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 Another workaround: 

 Simply use the parameter /Q twice. Example: 

  
 D:\Test> test2.cmd test /q
      3 *-* parse arg thisargs
        >>>   "test "
 
 D:\Test> test2.cmd test /q /q
      3 *-* parse arg thisargs
        >>>   "test  /q"
 
 D:\Test> test2.cmd test /q/quiet
      3 *-* parse arg thisargs
        >>>   "test /quiet"
 

 Source: Barry Lemon (see EMail Addresses) 

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 Please note that other command line interpreter, such as 4OS2, for 
 instance, may or may not have the limitation mentioned above.