Windows Batch Script : for loop not printing * values

Question

I have a batch script line like below :

for %%v in (aa bb* cc) do echo mget %%v

I am getting output as :

mget aa

mget cc

But I need output as :

mget aa 

mget bb*

mget cc

Update

I have a batch file called ftp.bat and a parameter file called parm.txt. parm.txt looks like:

server=xxx.yyy.com
user=abc
pwd=xyz
files=aa bb* cc dd ------(this varies)

I need to extract these values in my batch file to construct ftp commands. Using delim concept I've got server, user, pwd but I need to separate the files.

arx · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-26 19:56:10Z

4

If you use for with a wildcard, the interpreter looks for all files matching the wildcard ("bb*" in this case) and passes the names of the files to your command. It won't pass a string containing a '*' (or a '?') to your command.

Instead, create a text file called filelist.txt containing:

aa
bb*
cc

and use the command:

for /F %%I in (filelist.txt) do echo mget %%I

Update

Apparently, there is already a filelist.txt with multiple items on each line. Create a batch file called vary.bat:

@echo off
:more
if "%1"=="" (goto finished)
echo mget %1
shift
goto more
:finished

This takes a variable number of parameters and echoes an mget for each one. Call it with something like:

for /F "tokens=*" %%I in (filelist.txt) do vary %%I

Another update

This will read parm.txt, create a variable for each of server, user, pwd and files, then call vary.bat (described above) on the list of files.

for /F "delims== tokens=1,2" %%I in (parm.txt) do set %%I=%%J
vary %files%

edited Jan 26, 2012 at 19:56

answered Jan 26, 2012 at 18:26

arx

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user1171858 Over a year ago

Thanks. But I still have the problem. Yes, I have a seperate file as you said. But that file has variable(values) assigned with list of values like values=aa bb* cc . In this case it is echo'ing only first value which is aa.

arx Over a year ago

Do you have a fixed number of values in each list, or does it vary?

user1171858 Over a year ago

And the number of values varies, it is dynamic.

Andriy M Over a year ago

Actually a separate file is not needed. You could have a subroutine call instead.

Andriy M Over a year ago

@user1171858: Make sure to add goto :eof just before the :vary line, to jump over the subroutine when the main script is done working, to avoid the unnecessary extra "call" of the subroutine.

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