About For file

[Ed Dyreen]

I was just wondering, we can do
for /f %%! in (file) do
for /f "useback tokens=*" %%! in (
'type file'
) do

But we can't do
for /f %%! in ( "C:\windows\win ooooows" ) do

for does not allow a file between quotes, is there a solution

[Cleptography]

You can't do that batch for doesn't know how to process files, they are bad mojo they don't work.
For sees a file and says forget that I don't want to. Quotes who knows what the hell those are for you bastard.
Stop talking to yourself it makes you look crazy.

[Ed Dyreen]

Stop talking to yourself it makes you look crazy.

It was ment as a question

[Cleptography]

Why do you ask questions to which you already know the answers to?

[Ed Dyreen]

i don't
I really wish i could do this with for

for /f %%! in ( File Name.ext ) do

but it does File &Name.ext instead of just looking for 'File Name.ext'

[Ed Dyreen]

Why do you ask questions to which you already know the answers to?

Look who's talking

[Cleptography]

I don't anything about batch
Why we can't
for /f %%! in ( "C:\windows\win ooooows" ) do
but we can for /f "useback tokens=*" %%! in ("c:\windows\blow up this box\billy madison.txt")
Someone will surely have the right answer.
It makes no sense to me either.

[Ed Dyreen]

IT WORKS !!!

for /f "useback tokens=*" %%! in ( "TST.TXT" ) do echo.%%!

I knew it, I forgot it, now I remember thanx to u.

That's not what the help says though

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FOR /F ["opties"] %variable IN (bestandsset) DO opdracht [opdrachtparameters]
FOR /F ["opties"] %variable IN ('tekenreeks') DO opdracht [opdrachtparam.]
FOR /F ["opties"] %variable IN (`opdracht`) DO opdracht [opdrachtparameters]

[Cleptography]

Clever had to fix something someone broke.
The help is right the program is wrong
All fixed now.

[orange_batch]

Blah blah blah guys. lol Yes,

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for /f "usebackq" %%x in ("my file path") do ...