I would like to use DIR on a batch file to only pick the files modified on the last three days

you can do a vbscript. or if you can download and install findutils for windows here : http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/pac... you can use it to find files modified during the last 3 days c:\test> find c:\path -type f -mtime -3 -print

Thanx ghostdog, I already have my batch file that does quite some work on existing files, but I need to filter files to work only on last modified ones instead of working on all the files on a folder.

you can incorporate find in your batch file too. Unless you have a restriction of downloading and installing third party tools.

That's unfortunately the case, I have already thaught about third party soft to incorporate that functionality but I'm not allowad to install anything on the production server

I agree; it's much safer to run random scripts you get from anonymous people in an online Internet forum on a production environment. This VBScript will list all files in a directory you specify modified within the number of days you specify, with 0 being today. This script goes by calendar days, not 24 hours == 1 day; failure to specify means I'm left guessing. It'll write to standard out if you use CSCRIPT; out.txt if not. While this script isn't my best work, it'll do. If WScript.Arguments.Unnamed.Count = 0 Then _ WScript.Quit 1 chkDate = WScript.Arguments.Named.Exists("time") If chkDate Then cutoff = CDate(Int(Now) - WScript.Arguments.Named("time")) Else cutoff = 0 End If With CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") On Error Resume Next WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "" If Err = 0 Then Set out = WScript.StdOut Else Err.Clear Set out = .CreateTextFile("out.txt", True) If Err > 0 Then _ WScript.Quit 255 End If On Error GoTo 0 For Each f In .GetFolder(WScript.Arguments.Unnamed(0)).Files If Not chkDate Or f.DateLastModified >= cutoff Then _ out.WriteLine f Next End With Suggested use: CSCRIPT <script>.vbs //NOLOGO <path> /time:3