v1.1.61

[1.1.61] - 2026-11-03

Fixed

• S003 counts a keyword only where it reads the start of a command, so dir SET a=1 and dir ^& SET a=1 no longer count SET. Dropping keywords can change the majority casing
• For S003 a command starts after a separator, any unescaped parenthesis included, ELSE, DO, < or 2<, an IF condition, CALL, START with its switches and its title, the first quoted word, and cmd, %comspec% or !comspec!, by name or path, quoted or not, with /c, /k or /r. A comma, semicolon or = standing alone before a command is skipped
• S003 reads ^& and ^| as separators in the command string of cmd /c or FOR /F and in an internal command that START runs, which a child cmd.exe runs, and glued switches such as cmd /d/c or cmd /cset, as cmd.exe does. There a ^) closes a block opened in the string
• The string of FOR /F ends at the first unescaped ) in its set for S003, even after an unescaped (
• After a line that ends in ^, S003 reads the next line's first caret as escaped where that line starts with an odd run of carets and & or |, so it counts SET in ^& SET and ^^^& SET
• S003 now misses a command after if (a b) == x, if 1==1( or if defined=x, or after a %debug% prefix, among others. A word glued to @, as in @SET, is not counted, as before
• Where START runs cmd, S003 reads one child cmd.exe, not two, so it no longer counts SET in start cmd /k dir ^^^| SET a=1. A quoted word after START's title is the program. cmd without /c, /k or /r runs none of its words, as in start /b cmd ^& SET a=1
• S003 keeps the command string after a quoted cmd, so "cmd.exe" /c "SET a=1" counts SET. "C:\x\app.exe" /c "SET a=1" still does not

Changed

• The MegaLinter install pin is 1.1.61