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Reputation: 12005

How to get the file names from a directory with a loop?

I tried to get all file names in directory input but it does not work for me.

@echo off

:start
cls
FOR /D %%i IN ("input*") DO python index.py %%i
TIMEOUT /T 20
exit

Upvotes: 0

Views: 73

Answers (1)

lit
lit

Reputation: 16226

If you want all file names (not directory names) in the input directory, use the following. It will produce all file names that are not directories and run the python command on them. Always quote path names in case there are spaces or other special characters in them.

FOR /F %%i IN ('DIR /B /A:-D "input"') DO (
    "C:\venv\py36-64\Scripts\python.exe" "C:\path\to\index.py" "%%~i"
)

If the python.exe directory is in the PATH variable and index.py is always in the parent directory of input, then you could use this.

FOR /F %%i IN ('DIR /B /A:-D "input"') DO (
    "python.exe" "..\index.py" "%%~i"
)

Upvotes: 1

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