set toolFolder=%~dp0 For /F %%A in ("%1") do ( Set Folder=%%~dA%%~pA ) For %%A in ("%1") do ( Set Name=%%~nA ) echo Folder is: %Folder% echo Name is: %Name% pandoc --from markdown_github --to html -o "%Folder%\%Name%.html" --css "%toolFolder%bncs.css" -V path="%toolFolder:~0,-1%" --template "%toolFolder%html_template.txt" --self-contained "%1" if %CC_DEVELOPER% equ true ( start chrome "%Folder%\%Name%.html" timeout 60 )