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How to create a loop with spaces in Dir name?
I got around this by prepending “type” and putting double quotes surrounding the path in the IN clause This article gave me the idea to use “type” in the IN clause. If you don’t want to deal with “quotes” you can use the “s” switch in %~dpnx []… this will output the short filenames that are easy to work with.
How to handle spaces in file path if the folder contains the space?
– Stack Overflow how to handle spaces in file path if the folder contains the space? It’ll need doubles quotes, but will also likely need an @ to treat the string word-for-word ( verbatim string) i.e. the “\\” has a special meaning in string e.g. means a tab, so we want to ignore the \\
Why is there a space in the path?
Since there is a space in the path, you need quotes surrounding it, and /D is expecting a folder path for the starting directory. In this case, it’s interpreting %AppData%\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start as the startup folder and Menu\\Programs\\Startup\\File.bat as the file to execute.
How to create batch path with spaces Stack Overflow?
Or put a label at the top :Label then as the bottom line, GoTo :Label. As a side note, you may wish to look at scheduled tasks for running a script at login/startup and continue to do so at regular intervals thereafter. Since there is a space in the path, you need quotes surrounding it, and /D is expecting a folder path for the starting directory.
How to get filename in batch for Stack Overflow?
The answer by @AKX works on the command line, but not within a batch file. Within a batch file, you need an extra %, like this: If you want to remain both filename (only) and extension, you may use %~nxF: Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Please be sure to answer the question.
Is there a specific command that would give me the filename?
DO ( MOVE %%i C: est\\destination ECHO %%i exit ) The result of the ECHO outputs the entire file path Ex: C:\\Foldername\\Filename I need to ECHO out only the Filename .Is there a specific command which would give me the filename ?
How to get the full name of a file?
When Command Extensions are enabled (Windows XP and newer, roughly), you can use the syntax %~nF (where F is the variable and ~n is the request for its name) to only get the filename. should echo only the filenames. or Just %~F will give you the full path and full file name.