Read a Batch Argument without the Quotes

This can be done by inserting a tilde (i.e. ~) character between the percent character and the corresponding argument position. 

For example for argument position 1 we can access it as the following:

%~1

Read a Batch Variable without the Quotes

This can be done with the following syntax:

%<VARIABLE_NAME>:"=%

Note: This is just using the replacement syntax as follows:

%<VARIABLE_NAME>:<FIND>=<REPLACE>%