Forfiles.exe

This command-line tool can be used in a batch file to select files in a folder or tree for batch processing.

ForFiles enables you to run a command on or pass arguments to multiple files. For example, you could run the TYPE command on all files in a tree with the *.txt extension. Or you could execute every batch file (*.bat) on the C:\ drive with the file name "Myinput.txt" as the first argument.

With ForFiles, you can:

• select files using absolute or relative dates.
• build an archive tree of files using variables such as @fsize (file size) and @fdate (file date).
• differentiate files from directories using the @isdir variable.
• use special characters in the command line by passing the hexadecimal code (0xHH).

ForFiles works by implementing the "recurse subdirectories" flag on tools designed to process only a single file.

ForFiles Topics

• ForFiles Syntax
• ForFiles Examples

File Required

• ForFiles.exe