Re: Doing a DOS DIR based on a txt file and echoing some info to a log if found.

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: I figured out the search and echo thing. : Now, if I could only echo either the 8.3 full filename or capture the actual extension of the file from the DIR command, I will set. : Bye the way... : The content of the text file which I search by is only the file's name, not its extension. I need to capture what file type is actually stored on the RAID. : Any takers? : : : Every once in a while I need to find hundreds of lost files that reside on a RAID. : : So I do DIR filename. /S and if found I update a database with the Drive location and what not. That works fine. It's just having to do it serveral hundred times a week to keep the db accurate that bugs me. : : So, I created a batch file to read a txt file and with the FOR command, do a DIR /S on each entry and echo the results to a log file. No biggy! : : But, now I want to take it a step further. I want to know how to only do the ECHO to the log on the files that are found with the DIR /S command from the list pulled from the FOR command. Here is what I have tried. : : cls : : echo off : : : : SET DRIVE=C:\ : : SET PATH=%CD% %SHARE% : : SET SHARE=IMAGE1 : : SET EXT=* : : IF (DIR (FOR /F "tokens=1" %%A IN (c:\FILEIN.TXT)) : : %%A.%EXT% /S) ERRORLEVEL 0 ECHO %%A %PATH% >> FILEOUT.TXT : : ... and I get a "FOR was unexpected at this time." : : Any pointers? : : Thanks. : : JD