help with batch file

Hi, I am trying to write a batch file that shows file name in a folder.

Code:

FOR %%c in (c:\windows\*.*) DO ECHO %%c

Would list all the files in c:\windows. For example it would show c:\windows\file.txt, but I want it to show file.txt.

Thanks for any help.

 

I have no idea what you are trying to accomplish??
Be more specific. are you just trying to get the .txt files in c:/windows ?

ds

 

Take a look at http://home7.inet.tele.dk/batfiles/ , you may find what you need there. Good luck!

 

Dedub, it looks like forumuser wants a directory listing of the directory without the path... the %%c variable ends up holding the full path of each file - forumuser wants just the filename no path...

I don't know if this is possible... batch file capability is painfully under-developed especially compared ot what can easily be accomplished on Unix based Operating Systems...

Depending on what you are trying to do with the list of files is it possible that you can use an alternative method completely?
If its a possiblity consider installing a windows version of Perl - except for probably one or two things batch file capability will be a small subset of what you can do with perl - not to mention that a simple regex will remove that leading path from your filename...

let me know if you want some more information on exploring this route...

 

I have these files that have the same prefix and I need to do something with them. What ends up happening is that, say file test.txt is done correctly, because it is user specified, but other files which quantity and exact names I don't know, end up in different folders than test.txt because %%c contains their paths. I need to automate this routine task. I know perl and what not but then I would have to install them on all machines that I use.