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How to handle spaces in dir. name?
Name: newbee Date: March 30, 2009 at 01:43:05 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: Batch
Comment:
Hi all
I have ran in to some minor problem in my bat file. If I try to move a file into a directory that contain spaces in the name e.g Dir A the file will not move into that directory.
If I rename the directory name to DirA then the files will move there.
From the help I got from my other postings in this topic
for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('dir/b CIS_A_*.pdf') do (move %%a C:\Dir A)
And so to the question, is it possible to contain the space in the directory name or do I have to rename all the directories containing spaces in the name of the directory ?
Name: reno Date: March 30, 2009 at 02:14:41 Pacific
Reply:
put quotes around it "%%a" "Dir A"
now i am wondering which one is faster: for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('dir/b CIS_A_*.pdf') do for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir/b CIS_A_*.pdf') do for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir/b CIS_A_*.pdf') do
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