{"id":72,"date":"2011-05-13T16:53:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T23:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/?p=72"},"modified":"2011-05-13T16:56:06","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T23:56:06","slug":"windows-batch-processeach-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/2011\/05\/windows-batch-processeach-file\/","title":{"rendered":"MS Windows Batch Files – Doing Something to Each File in a Directory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Again, a note primarily for my reference…<\/p>\n

To process each file in a directory using a batch file, the syntax would be<\/p>\n

for %%f in (*.txt) do type %%f<\/pre>\n
From the command line it would be<\/p>\n
for %f in (*.txt) do type %f<\/pre>\n
(and a reminder that<\/p>\n
rename *.pdf B-*.pdf<\/pre>\n
really does rename all the PDF files by putting a “B” and a dash in front of each file)<\/p>\n
Link to the microsoft.com web site:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/resources\/documentation\/windows\/xp\/all\/proddocs\/en-us\/batch.mspx?mfr=true<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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