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Amaranth
Amaranth

Reputation: 2491

For /F doing the loop operations only for one string segment

@echo off
set files=InstallSlinger27.bat:Stash.txt

for /F "delims=:" %%i IN ("%files%") DO (
  ECHO %%i
  if exist %%i (
    echo EXIST
  ) else (
    echo DO NOT EXIST
  )
)

I expect the batch file to check if the file InstallSlinger27.bat exists and then check if the file Stash.txt exists.

However, the output is

InstallSlinger27.bat
EXIST

It does not do the verification for the second file.

I tried some things, and I did loops in the past that where working. I don't want to do checks for %%i then %%j, because the files list could grow.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 36

Answers (1)

Magoo
Magoo

Reputation: 80138

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
set files=InstallSlinger27.bat:Stash.txt

FOR %%a IN ("%files::=","%") DO (
 IF EXIST %%a (ECHO %%a exists) else (ECHO %%a missing)
)
GOTO :EOF

Although I'd suggest you re-think your choice of separator since : can occur within a full filename.

Upvotes: 2

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