to dir or not to dir

[BABUT]

Code: Select all

set Dir?=for /l %%# in (1 1 2) do if %%#==2 (for /f "tokens=*" %%# in (!in!) do if not "%%~a#"=="d----------" color 11) else setlocal enabledelayedexpansion ^& set in=

example:

Code: Select all

%Dir?%"c:\windows"
if %errorlevel%==0 (echo dir) else (echo file)

it works through symbolic links(everything you can google doesn't work)

[miskox]

2B OR NOT 2B=FF

Saso

[BABUT]

some improvement for the case when enabledelayedexpansion is enabled globally(or not enabled- it doesn't matter):
set Dir?=for /l %%# in (1 1 2) do if %%#==2 (for /f "tokens=*" %%# in (^^!in^^!) do if not "%%~a#"=="d----------" color 11) else setlocal enabledelayedexpansion ^& set in=
ps: ^^!in^^! %D