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onlyf
onlyf

Reputation: 883

Variable was unexpected at this time

I'm trying to write a simple loop that iterates over the lines of a datafile, containing path to specific files, and checking if they exist, this is the code i have so far:

:: read file line by line

for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (%DATAFILEPATH%) do (
 IF EXISTS %%a (
   echo FILE %a EXISTS
)
)
pause

And i get the following error message, but i dont understand why:

 %a was unexpected at this time.

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1008

Answers (1)

Compo
Compo

Reputation: 38643

You had two main problems, the first being a plural EXISTS and the second a singular %a try it like this:

REM read file line by line

FOR /F "TOKENS=*" %%a IN (%DATAFILEPATH%) DO (
   IF EXIST "%%~a" ECHO FILE %%a EXISTS
)

PAUSE

If the location identified from %DATAFILEPATH% was a folder/directory then you'd change the IF line to IF EXIST "%%~a\" ECHO FOLDER %%a EXISTS

Upvotes: 1

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