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horace_vr
horace_vr

Reputation: 3176

Batch file, looping through files and check existence based on extensions

I am fairly new to batch files, so this might seem a bit noob-ish, but here it goes :) I am trying to apply some procedures on files in a folder - loop through all files in a folder, having no extension, or having the .csv extension (this part I already figured out:

for %%i in (*.csv *.) do <command> %%i -s

But I want to skip this if I already have a %%i.txt file in that folder (i.e. - do the command only for files which do not have a corresponding .txt file int folder). This is the part I can't quite figure out...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 113

Answers (2)

SachaDee
SachaDee

Reputation: 9545

Like this :

for %%i in (*.csv *.) do if not exist "%%~ni.txt" <command> %%i -s

Upvotes: 2

horace_vr
horace_vr

Reputation: 3176

It works with this:

for %%i in (*.csv *.) do if not exist "%%~ni.txt" <command> %%i -s

You need to use the substitution modifier "~n" to restrict the variable "i" to only the file name, and not the extension. More details here: MS Win XP Documentation

Upvotes: 0

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