I have a for loop that gives me access to filenames in a folder, and I need to check that filename to see if it contains a string.
For example, filename: 'C:\Temp\hello.cs' Pattern to find: 'C:\Temp\h'
The pseudocode for this is
IF filename.Contains(pattern) then
// DO SOMETHING
END IF
I tried this:
%%i|find %pattern% >nul
if not errorlevel 1 echo "Pattern matched"
But it just opened the file as if I'd double-clicked on the file.
Thanks guys but I found this worked:
SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
Set pattern=name
for .... do (
Set filenameStr=%%i
Set patternReplaced=!filenameStr:%pattern%=?!
If Not !patternReplaced! == !filenameStr! echo "contains pattern"
)
Rob van der Woude's Scripting Pages is a great resource for solving DOS/Batch file problems like this. From what I'm seeing, something like this might work for you:
ECHO OFF
FOR %%A IN (C:\Temp\h*) DO (
ECHO ---
ECHO Pattern matched
ECHO Name in 8.3 notation : %%~snA
ECHO Fully Qualified Path : %%~fA
)
If this isn't quite what you're looking for, check the "How To" section to see some other soutions.
echo %%i|find...