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ieXcept
ieXcept

Reputation: 1127

How to check which folders from the array exist?

I need to execute some command in each of the folder from the given list if it (folder) exists.

What wrong with this script?

@echo off
set FILE_LIST=(a b c d file)

for %%i in %FILE_LIST% do (
  IF EXIST %cd%\%%~i ( 
    set flag=Yes
  ) else ( 
    set flag=No
  )
  :: Just for problem illustration, for SO
  echo "%%i": %flag%
  if %flag%=="Yes" (
    start somecommand %cd%\%%~i\program.exe
  )
)

Result of execution:

C:\Temp>script.bat
"a": No
"b": No
"c": No
"d": No
"file": No

Folder content:

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 39

Answers (1)

user7818749
user7818749

Reputation:

You might be overcomplicating this a bit, why not just do:

@echo off
for %%i in (a b c d file) do if exist "%%i" echo "%%i"

so if you wanted to run a program, then just do:

@echo off
for %%i in (a b c d file) do if exist "%%i" start "somecmd" "%%i\program.exe"

Upvotes: 3

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