How to ignore filename spaces in FOR loop %%var?

[tinfanide]

In CMD:

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FOR /R "c:\" %F IN (*.txt) DO START %F

The codes are fine, yet it cannot open files with filename spaces
e.g. text file.txt

[!k]

... DO START "" "%F"

[tinfanide]

Thanks. It seems that after some testing "" is not a must.

Another example (posted by me earlier here)

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:: "%F" ignores filenames with spaces
FOR %F IN ("c:\*.txt) DO MOVE "%F" "d:\"

[aGerman]

Each command has its own syntax. See START /?. The first argument enclosed in quotation marks is interpreted as window title. Since that does not affect non-console applications you should use the empty string ("") instead.

Regards
aGerman

[Raistlin73]

Hi If using a cmd file you could try using delims eg.

FOR /R "delims=" "c:\" %F IN (*.txt) DO START %F


I had issues pulling directory stings from a txt file containing spaces (script would drop without complete path when hitting a space) after using delims= it resolved the issue.