XP Command Line: FOR ... IN ... DO

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David Smith

I need to run a command line program that does not recognize *.* or
indeed *.[extension]. I have about 110 files to do, all with the same
parameters in the program.

I thought I knew how to do this with FOR ... IN ... DO, but I must have
done something wrong. My batchfile simply processes one file and then quits.

Assuming that I put all the target files (the files I want the command
line program to work on) into a separate directory, how do I construct a
batchfile to process all the files in the directory with the same
parameters? I think FOR ... IN ... DO will do it, but I need a refresher
on the syntax.

Any assistance much appreciated.

XP Home SP2
 
David Smith said:
I need to run a command line program that does not recognize *.* or
indeed *.[extension]. I have about 110 files to do, all with the same
parameters in the program.

I thought I knew how to do this with FOR ... IN ... DO, but I must have
done something wrong. My batchfile simply processes one file and then quits.

Assuming that I put all the target files (the files I want the command
line program to work on) into a separate directory, how do I construct a
batchfile to process all the files in the directory with the same
parameters? I think FOR ... IN ... DO will do it, but I need a refresher
on the syntax.

Any assistance much appreciated.

XP Home SP2
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It would be helpful if you showed us your batch file. In the
absence of any of your code, the lines below are pure
guesswork.

@echo off
for %%a in (*.*) do call :Sub %%a
goto :eof

:Sub
echo File name=%*
 
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