Microsoft KB Archive/134572

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FOR Command Behaves Differently From Previous MS-DOS Versions

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Q134572

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95

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SYMPTOMS
After you install Windows 95, you notice that batch files that use the FOR command with the slash (/) switch behave differently:

For example, the following line

  for %i in (/abcd) do echo %i prints

  /ABCD whereas in previous versions of MS-DOS it printed

  A   BCD

CAUSE
The FOR command with the slash (/) switch in Command.com in Windows 95 behaves differently than it did in previous versions of Command.com.

RESOLUTION
Rewrite batch files that use the FOR command with the slash (/) switch.

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