Iterate over all files in dir tree in alphabetical sort orde

[pstein]

For another task I am searching for a way to iterate over all files with the extensions
*.pdf
*.doc
*.txt
in a certain directory tree with e.g. the top node

D:\sample\foo\bar\

The files should be taken in alphabetical sort order (including the path name).
Within the loop some tasks should be applied for each (current) file.

How can I achieve this?

Thank you
Peter

[foxidrive]

Try this and see if the output is what you need, to begin with.

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dir "D:\sample\foo\bar\*.pdf" "D:\sample\foo\bar\*.doc" "D:\sample\foo\bar\*.txt" /b /a-d |sort >tempfilelist.txt

[Compo]

The DIR output should be in alphabetic sequence by default.

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@PUSHD D:\SAMPLE\FOO\BAR
@DIR/B/S/AD *.DOC *.PDF *.TXT

[pstein]

Thank you.
But I need a loop where each file is selected at a time.

For simplicity the file should be output by just an echo command.

How can I put the suggested dir cmds into a loop?

[Compo]

Here you go:

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@PushD D:\Sample\Foo\Bar
@For /f "tokens=*" %%A In ('DIR/B/S/A-D *.DOC *.PDF *.TXT') Do @(
   Echo=%%A&&TimeOut /t 1 >Nul)