Words with star char are ignored in FOR loop

[budhax]

Hello,
This FOR loop ignores/passes the items containing the star char *.

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set list=coo*.* ses*.js sign bookmarkbackups\*.json
for %%e in (%list%) do (echo.%%~e)

So, the output is:

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sign

Which loop can output all items (separated by a space)?

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coo*.*
ses*.js
sign
bookmarkbackups\*.json

Thanks and regards.

[aGerman]

Asterisks are wild cards that lead to search for files that match the pattern.

You could replace the spaces with line feed characters. That way you can process the list in a FOR /F loop.

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@echo off &setlocal
set "list=coo*.* ses*.js sign bookmarkbackups\*.json"

set ^"lf=^
%= make sure there are no spaces at the end of the above and this line =%
^"

set "list=%list:^=^^%"
set "list=%list:!=^^^!%"
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set "list=%list: =" & set "list=!list!!lf!%"

for /f "delims=" %%i in ("!list!") do echo %%i

pause

Steffen

[budhax]

It works fine. Problem solved. Thanks a lot

[Thor]

You could try this also:

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@echo off &setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
set "list=coo*.* ses*.js sign bookmarkbackups\*.json"
for /l %%i in (1 1 4) do (
  for /f "tokens=1* delims= " %%A in ("!list!") do (
  echo %%A
  set "list=%%B"
  )
)
endlocal &exit /b

[budhax]

Shorter solution. Thanks again.

[aGerman]

Shorter solution.

Yes absolutely sufficient as long as the number of tokens (used in the FOR /L loop) is already known.

Steffen