[RESOLVED] Where to post DOS or Command line question?

[aconybeare]

Hi,

I have a question about using a For Loop in a cmd file can anyone advise me which forum would be best to post it in?

Cheers Al

[MarMan]

What's a cmd file?

[TheBigB]

I guess General PC would be the most appropriate location.

[BackWoodsCoder]

I believe he's talking about batch files.

[aconybeare]

Hi,

Thanks for all your replies.

Yes I'm talking about batch files .bat or .cmd

TheBigB: Thanks I'll try posting it there.

Cheers Al

[dilettante]

Or find a box jocky (TechNet) site instead of a programming (MSDN) site.

[Nightwalker83]

I guess General PC would be the most appropriate location.

Same here.

[honeybee]

Well, I had the same problem a few weeks ago but Google helped me out. I think if the OP searches the net, he should find enough samples so that he doesn't have to post anywhere.

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[aconybeare]

Dilettant; I'm going to have a hunt around for a technet forum to join for any future command line conundrums.

HoneyBee; I searched on google first but didn't find what I was looking for, which is why I decided to post here which is my preferred portal for all things programming.

Thanks to everyone who's responded.

Cheers Al

[honeybee]

Here's the search result from google for "Using FOR loop in Windows Batch Files"

Just see if what you are searching for isn't there already. My hunch is unless it's something out of the ordinary, it should be there.

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[aconybeare]

Honeybee,

Thanks, I've had a quick look I've not been able to find what I'm looking for please forgive me if it's there and I'm not seeing it.

Here is a link to my post in General PC

This from the original question -

I've got a for loop in a batch file that loops ".jpg" files and I'd like to change it to find ".jpg" and ".pdf" files.

Is this possible?

SET counter=0
FOR /r "e:\test\myfiles\" %%X IN (*.jpg) DO (set /a counter+=1)

ECHO Copied %counter% of 5 file(s)

This is what I've managed to come up with -

As a workaround I've applied the following which works but I was hoping for a cleaner solution.

SET counter=0
FOR /r "e:\test\myfiles\" %%X IN (*.jpg) DO (set /a counter+=1)
FOR /r "e:\test\myfiles\" %%X IN (*.pdf) DO (set /a counter+=1)

ECHO Copied %counter% file(s)