{"id":236,"date":"2013-02-05T15:39:16","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T20:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/?p=236"},"modified":"2013-08-13T14:43:13","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T18:43:13","slug":"how-to-loop-through-files-in-a-folder-using-ms-dos-batch-file-or-commandline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/how-to-loop-through-files-in-a-folder-using-ms-dos-batch-file-or-commandline\/","title":{"rendered":"How to loop through files in a folder using MS DOS batch file or Commandline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PowerShell rocks but I still use DOS commands to automate many day to day tasks<\/p>\n<p>Here is a script which can loop through files and perform whatever actions you want<\/p>\n<p>As you can see that %%F will return full path of current file in the loop and %%~nF will return Filename without extension. If you calling this same script on commandline\u00a0 then just use %F and %~nF (single % rather than %%)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example Batch File: CopyFile.bat<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: powershell; gutter: true; first-line: 1\">ECHO &quot;&gt;&gt;&gt; Copy Files and Register in GAC &lt;&lt;&lt;&quot;\r\n\r\nFOR \/R &quot;C:\\Build&quot; %%F in (*.dll) do ( \r\ncopy &quot;%%~F&quot; &quot;%PROGRAMFILES%\\MyApp&quot; \/Y\r\n\r\ngacutil.exe \/u &quot;%%~nF&quot;\r\ngacutil.exe \/if &quot;%%~F&quot;\r\n\r\n)<\/pre>\n<p>Here is another sample script and output which shows how to use various inbuilt variables to extract different parts of File Path we looping through<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: powershell; gutter: true; first-line: 1\">\r\n@echo off\r\nFOR \/R &quot;E:\\Backup\\JVC-Camcoder\\BACKUP_1&quot; %%F in (*.mod) do ( \r\n\r\nMKDIR &quot;C:%%~pF&quot; \r\n\r\nECHO **1** %%F\r\nECHO **2** %%~nF\r\nECHO **3** %%~xF\r\nECHO **4** %%~dF\r\nECHO **5** %%~pF\r\nECHO **6** %%~nxF\r\nECHO =======\r\n)\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Output :<\/p>\n<pre>A subdirectory or file C:\\Backup\\JVC-Camcoder\\BACKUP_1\\SD_VIDEO\\PRG00D\\ already\r\nexists.\r\n**1** E:\\Backup\\JVC-Camcoder\\BACKUP_1\\SD_VIDEO\\PRG00D\\MOV21B.MOD\r\n**2** MOV21B\r\n**3** .MOD\r\n**4** E:\r\n**5** \\Backup\\JVC-Camcoder\\BACKUP_1\\SD_VIDEO\\PRG00D\\\r\n**6** MOV21B.MOD\r\n=======\r\nA subdirectory or file C:\\Backup\\JVC-Camcoder\\BACKUP_1\\SD_VIDEO\\PRG00D\\ already\r\nexists.\r\n**1** E:\\Backup\\JVC-Camcoder\\BACKUP_1\\SD_VIDEO\\PRG00D\\MOV21C.MOD\r\n**2** MOV21C\r\n**3** .MOD\r\n**4** E:\r\n**5** \\Backup\\JVC-Camcoder\\BACKUP_1\\SD_VIDEO\\PRG00D\\\r\n**6** MOV21C.MOD\r\n=======<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PowerShell rocks but I still use DOS commands to automate many day to day tasks Here is a script which can loop through files and perform whatever actions you want As you can see that %%F will return full path &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/how-to-loop-through-files-in-a-folder-using-ms-dos-batch-file-or-commandline\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to loop through files in a folder using MS DOS batch file or Commandline<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[67,68],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>How to loop through files in a folder using MS DOS batch file or Commandline - BinaryWorld Blog<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/how-to-loop-through-files-in-a-folder-using-ms-dos-batch-file-or-commandline\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to loop through files in a folder using MS DOS batch file or Commandline - BinaryWorld Blog\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PowerShell rocks but I still use DOS commands to automate many day to day tasks Here is a script which can loop through files and perform whatever actions you want As you can see that %%F will return full path &hellip; 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