Hello- I have a directory that gets updated each day with new directories with sequential names: myfolder_1 myfolder_2 myfolder_3 ...etc I need to get the name of the folder with the greatest number at the end, so in this sample I would want to get myfolder_3. There may be other folders in there with different names, but I know that I want "myFolder_*" with * being the greatest number. Any tips on how to pull this off? Thanks! Mac

The XP Forum may be a better choice, NT based O/S does not have pure MS-DOS, it has: CMD.EXE = NT Command Prompt COMMAND.COM = NT Virtual Dos Machine (loosley based on an emulation of MS-DOS 5/6/7/8)

As per #1 DOS and NT are quite different. In 2K/XP: If the creation is strictly as you describe, try this: ::== nrefoldr.bat @echo off for /f %%D in ('dir /b/ad/od myFolder_*') do set newest=%%D echo %newest% :: DONE Note that if the numbers were limited to 1 thru 9, you could just as well sort by name [/on]. But if 10 shows up it breaks down because, in a SORT, 10 comes before 9. That can be gotten around, but takes some doing. All if this is for 2K/XP CMD.exe If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2Go