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The Book of Batch Scripting
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The Book of Batch Scripting

by Jack McLarney
June 2024
Intermediate to advanced
488 pages
13h 14m
English
No Starch Press
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PART II THE FOR COMMAND

The for command is easily the most indispensable and cardinal command in all of the Batch coding universe. Loops would be nearly impossible without it, and it comes in a number of forms with many options and keywords to perform varying and diverse tasks. This command commands its very own section of the book that you’re now holding.

If the for command had no options at all, it would still be the most powerful command in Batch, and I’ll detail this optionless variant in Chapter 17. But the command also sports four incredibly impressive options. In Chapter 18, I’ll introduce the options that handle directories, recursion, and iterative loops. In Chapter 19, you’ll learn about the file reading option, which is actually ...

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