Microsoft KB Archive/43075

= Using Batch Files with the FOR Batch Command =

Article ID: 43075

Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q43075



SUMMARY
If a batch file is used as the command in a FOR batch command, the FOR batch command only calls the batch file once. The following interactive example executes ONE.BAT for item &quot;a&quot;, then stops:    FOR %i IN (a b c d) DO one %i In a batch file, use two percent examples. The change in the example above is as follows:    FOR %%i IN (a b c d) DO one %%i



MORE INFORMATION
In Microsoft the MS-DOS packaged product, the CALL command can be used to repeatedly execute the batch file with the FOR batch command. The above interactive example is changed to the following:    FOR %i IN (a b c d) DO CALL one %i This example executes ONE.BAT for each item in the list.

In releases of MS-DOS earlier than version 3.30, this can be done by spawning COMMAND.COM with the /C switch and letting it execute the batch file. The above interactive example is changed to the following:    FOR %i IN (a b c d) DO COMMAND /C ONE %i

Additional query words: 6.22 3.x 4.00 4.01 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20

Keywords: KB43075

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