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Vaaassaa
Vaaassaa

Reputation: 29

How to search for files with given extensions in multiple directories?

set path="D:\Work,D:\workin,D:\files"
set files ="txt,html,xml"

How to search for files with an extension defined in files in the directories defined in path and write their names into a file?

Here is what I have tried already:

set "list=list.txt"
pause

pushd "%~dp0"
>"%list%" (
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('2^>nul dir /ad /b') do (
    pushd "%%i"
    for /f "delims=" %%j in ('2^>nul dir /a-d /b *.txt *.html') do (
        echo %%j& >nul 2>&1 copy/y "%%j" ..
    )
    popd
)
)
popd

Upvotes: 1

Views: 90

Answers (1)

Squashman
Squashman

Reputation: 14290

You should be able to simplify this process by using a standard FOR command.

@Echo off

>"FileList.log" (
for %%G in (D:\Work,D:\workin,D:\files) do (
    pushd "%%~G"
    for %%H in (*.xml *.txt *.html) do (
        echo %%~H
        copy /y "%%~H" ..
    )
    popd
)
)

Upvotes: 1

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