Loop over files in directory from a batch file (Development | Batch)

Figuring this out took me much longer than it should. The following line in a batch file will execute a command for each file in a directory:

for %%I in (C:\*.*) do echo %%~nxI

I had to overcome two obstacles to make this work:

• When including the command in a batch file the % characters must be duplicated in comparison to the syntax for executing the command directly from the command line.
• The ~nx prefix to the variable name causes only the filename with extension to be used instead of the complete path.

7/24/2007 3:19:03 PM (Central Europe Standard Time, UTC+01:00)    Comments [0]