processing same files with same prefix

[ehabaziz2001]

My dir.lst as like this :
*************************
wady0_Hold.out.new
wady0_Post.out.new
wady2_Hold.out.new
wady2_Post.out.new
wady3_Post.out.new
wady4_Hold.out.new

For missing pairs I am doing this :

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dir /b %folder%\*.out.new > dir1.lst 

@echo off 
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=_" %%a in (dir1.lst) do ( 
   echo %%a 
   ::for missing pairs 
   if not exist %folder%\%%a_Post.out.new copy nul %folder%\%%a_Hold.out.new 
   if not exist %folder%\%%a_Hold.out.new copy nul %folder%\%%a_Post.out.new 
    
   pause "" 
) 

But I can see that the new created files are created over the old ones with the same names . That is against the syntax written above ????

[foxidrive]

Explain what you are trying to do.
If the code doesn't work and there is no explanation then it can be extremely difficult to know what you are trying to do.

[ehabaziz2001]

If one single file of each pair is not created , I need to create it empty .
If post file is not created for a pair I need to create it empty (nul). If hold file is not created , I need to create it empty (nul).

For missing pairs I am doing this :

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dir /b %folder%\*.out.new > dir1.lst 

@echo off 
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=_" %%a in (dir1.lst) do ( 
   echo %%a 
   ::for missing pairs 
   if not exist %folder%\%%a_Post.out.new copy nul %folder%\%%a_Hold.out.new 
   if not exist %folder%\%%a_Hold.out.new copy nul %folder%\%%a_Post.out.new 
    
   pause "" 
) 

[foxidrive]

Try this.

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@echo off
for %%a in (*_Hold.out.new) do for /f "tokens=1,* delims=_" %%b in ("%%a") do if not exist "%%b_Post.out.new" type nul >"%%b_Post.out.new"
for %%a in (*_Post.out.new) do for /f "tokens=1,* delims=_" %%b in ("%%a") do if not exist "%%b_Hold.out.new" type nul >"%%b_Hold.out.new"