Dos batch command

[Ian]

Saw the following in a magazine to create multiple folders but cant get
it to work:

From inside a folder and a command prompt type:

For /L %a IN (1.1.5) DO MD %a (return)

The numbers in brackets I gather are in steps of 1 and the 5 is the
number of folders required. Though I get no error messages neither do I
get any folders created.
Would like to know if I have typed the line correctly.

Thanks

Ian

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Saw the following in a magazine to create multiple folders but cant get it
to work:

From inside a folder and a command prompt type:

For /L %a IN (1.1.5) DO MD %a (return)

The numbers in brackets I gather are in steps of 1 and the 5 is the number
of folders required. Though I get no error messages neither do I get any
folders created.
Would like to know if I have typed the line correctly.

Thanks

Ian

Try this instead:

For /L %a IN (1,1,5) DO MD %a

If you type for /? at the Command Prompt then you get
full help for the FOR command. In this case you get

FOR /L %variable IN (start,step,end) DO command

 

[icyfingers]

Try this instead:

For /L %a IN (1,1,5) DO MD %a

If you type for /? at theCommandPrompt then you get
full help for the FORcommand. In this case you get

FOR /L %variable IN (start,step,end) DOcommand

Many thanks Pegasus.
Now I can put that to rest. I must also try that /? command.
with winxp I'm afraid the little I knew of Dos has all but gone now.
Thanks for your help.

Regards

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Many thanks Pegasus.
Now I can put that to rest. I must also try that /? command.
with winxp I'm afraid the little I knew of Dos has all but gone now.
Thanks for your help.

Regards

You're welcome. Since you're about to get started on this
stuff, you might want to update your vocabulary. "DOS" is
an operating system introduced some 30 years ago and now
largely dead. It could never do this sort of thing. The above
commands work in the "Command Prompt" environment
under Windows.