I can use this to loop over files:
for %%a in ("%directory%\*.%extension%") do (
echo FILE: %%~fa
)
goto :eof
What if I also rename the files, like this (:rename is a subroutine that renames the files):
for %%a in ("%directory%\*.%extension%") do (
echo FILE: %%~fa
call :rename "%%~fa"
)
goto :eof
In that case, some of the files are renamed (and echoed) two or even three times. I think it's because after they are renamed, in some cases they are regarded as new files that also need to be looped through. However, this does not happen with all the renamed files.
How can I overcome this? I want every file to be renamed only once.
Solution:
:: remove quotes:
:: http://www.dostips.com/?t=Snippets.TrimQuotes
for /f "useback tokens=*" %%a in ('%extension%') do set extension=%%~a
for /f "useback tokens=*" %%a in ('%directory%') do set directory=%%~a
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /a-d "%directory%\*.%extension%" ^| sort /r') do (
echo FILE: %directory%\%%a
call :renamingSubroutine "%directory%\%%a"
)
goto :eof
OR:
:: remove quotes:
:: http://www.dostips.com/?t=Snippets.TrimQuotes
for /f "useback tokens=*" %%a in ('%extension%') do set extension=%%~a
for /f "useback tokens=*" %%a in ('%directory%') do set directory=%%~a
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /a-d /s /on "%directory%\*.%extension%"') do (
echo FILE: %%~fa
call :renamingSubroutine "%%~fa"
)
goto :eof
