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How to run a single line ExifTool script on the current directory?

For testing, I tried to display:
exiftool -if $DateTimeOriginal -DateTimeOriginal *.*

My actual command is: [to create the date from a filename ex. IMG-20190509-WA0009.jpg (but breaks over WA0060) ]
exiftool -P -overwrite_original "-datetimeoriginal<filename" *.*

They work in the address line by prefixing with ! but I would prefer a script assigned to a keypress as I will create more than one script.

I tried run "exiftool.exe ...." but no matter where I try adding quotation marks in singles, pairs or triplets there is always a "Dubious Syntax" error.
Adding the path to exiftool.exe didn't help.

Do I need to call the command/terminal window first? (I tried following another example but that failed as well.)

Can use the <curpath>? ex. exiftool -P -overwrite_original "-datetimeoriginal<filename" <curpath>

You can't execute commands directly in a script.

You need to use e.g. run or runret()

Like:

That works. Thank you for the prompt reply!

My notes:

Works but the cmd window opens and automatically closes when done: The results open in a persistent window: