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On 22 Dec 95 at 13:02, Alexander Trump wrote:

> Michael E. Wesolowski (mewesolo@freenet.calgary.ab.ca) wrote:
 
> : I think that what I have to do for DOS is execute the command
> 
> : for %filename in ($(files_to_move)) do move %filename stage1
> 
> IMHO no way. 
> `for'	statement is processed in the batch files only. 

Wrong, DOS handles for statements fine from the command line. However
the variable name can only be one character, environment variables 
are only expanded in batch files, and there is a 256? character 
limit.

for %f in ( *.o ) do move %f stage1
will work fine at the command line (assuming you have a move 
command).

In a batch file this would be:
for %%f in ( *.o ) do move %%f stage1

> I'm afraid DOS won't like a line such long as $(files_to_move).

True.
 


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