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Avery Dennison 6037 Rev. AA 3/04 Programmer Manual User Manual

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4-36 ROM-DOS Internal Commands

F O R

Batch File Command

The FOR command allows repeated execution of a ROM-DOS command
applied to a set of files.

Syntax

FOR %%variable IN (set) DO command %%variable

Remarks

During execution, this command attaches the

variable as an identifier to

each file in the

set of files described; it then applies the command to

each of these identified files. The

set may be an exact list of complete

file names or a global file specification using wildcard characters.

The FOR subcommand can be used directly on the command line and
within a batch file. To use on the command line, substitute a single
percent (%) symbol for the double percent signs (%%).

Example

s

FOR %%N IN (Q1.TXT Q2.TXT) DO PRINT %%N

Prints only the files Q1.TXT and Q2.TXT.

FOR %%N IN (*.TXT) DO PRINT %%N

Prints all files in the current default directory with a

.TXT extension.