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I am trying to do a simple batch FOR loop, but I can't figure out how to use a | in the command.<br />
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For instance,<br />
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FOR /F %G IN ('dir /b') DO echo %G &nbsp; &nbsp;works<br />
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however<br />
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FOR /F %G IN ('dir /b | findstr /v xml') DO echo %G &nbsp; &nbsp;doesn't not work<br />
(| was unexpected at this time.)<br />
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I need to do a directory listing but exclude at least one specific file from this loop. &nbsp;If I run: (dir /b | findstr /v xml) then I get the desired list of files; however, I can't figure out how to use it in the FOR loop
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I am trying to do a simple batch FOR loop, but I can't figure out how to use a | in the command.

For instance,

FOR /F %G IN ('dir /b') DO echo %G    works

however

FOR /F %G IN ('dir /b | findstr /v xml') DO echo %G    doesn't not work
(| was unexpected at this time.)


I need to do a directory listing but exclude at least one specific file from this loop.  If I run: (dir /b | findstr /v xml) then I get the desired list of files; however, I can't figure out how to use it in the FOR loop

Batch For loop

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Batch files are text files containing a script of commands that are executed by the command interpreter on DOS, OS/2 and Windows systems. Most commonly, they are used to perform a series of functions that are repeated -- copying a set of files created daily with one step, for example.