FORFILES v  1 . 1  - emmanubo@microsoft.com -  4 / 98 


Syntax : FORFILES [-pPath] [-mSearch Mask] [-ccommand] [-d<+|-><DDMMYYYY|DD>] [-

 -pPath               Path where to start searching
 -mSearch Mask        Search files according to <Search Mask>
 -cCommand            Command to execute on each file(s)
 -d<+|-><DDMMYYYY|DD> Select files with date >= or <=DDMMYYYY (UTC)
                      or files having date >= or <= (current date - DD days)
 -s                   Recurse directories
 -v                   Verbose mode

The following variables can be used in Command :
 @FILE, @FNAME_WITHOUT_EXT, @EXT, @PATH, @RELPATH, @ISDIR, @FSIZE, @FDATE,
 @FTIME

To include special hexa characters in the command line : use 0xHH

Default : <Directory : .> <Search Mask : *.*>  <Command : "CMD /C Echo @FILE">
Examples :
FORFILES -pc:\ -s -m*.BAT -c"CMD /C Echo @FILE is a batch file"
FORFILES -pc:\ -s -m*.* -c"CMD /C if @ISDIR==TRUE echo @FILE is a directory"
FORFILES -pc:\ -s -m*.* -d- 100  -c"CMD /C Echo @FILE : date >= 100 days"
FORFILES -pc:\ -s -m*.* -d- 01011993  -c"CMD /C Echo @FILE is quite old!"
FORFILES -pc:\ -s -m*.* -c"CMD /c echo extension of @FILE is 0x22@EXT0x22"