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Execute output from a dir command
Name: squares Date: January 10, 2008 at 00:23:53 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: Unsure
Comment:
Hello, I'm looking for a way to execute the output of a program. For example I have a folder full of files named in various formats, but with a particular single digit, then two more digits later in the name. If I were to use dir /b *2*15* to find a particular file, how would I run it using it's filename extension (assuming we do not already know the extension.) I thought this would work, but it doesn't: dir /b *2*15* > Typing the filename with it's extension works ordinarily, the extension is associated properly.
Thank you all very much for any time you can spend helping me with this.
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