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I can open an excel file from .bat by simply using the path of the file.

Is there a parameter to open the csv in edit mode (as notepad) ?

Chakravarthy
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As Squashman mentioned in the comments, if you are just in the command prompt and need to edit any file, you can simply run notepad <filename>. However, if you need this to be part of a larger batch file or want it to be in batch form for another reason, you can use the below example which does a couple notable things:

  1. Accepts the filename as a parameter.
  2. Uses START so that the batch file will exit/resume immediately. If you leave this out, the batch file will wait for you to close notepad.

editfile.bat

@echo off
set "f=%1"
echo Opening %f% in notepad.exe
START notepad %f%

Usage: editfile filename.csv

Obviously, it doesn't have to be a CSV file. It can be any file.