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Hi all,

does anyone know how to make multiple FOLDERS in the cmd window in sequence i.e "folder 1" to "folder 100"?

ThanksWhat would you need 100 command windows for ? ?

Never mind...i misunderstood. Code: [Select]H:\folders>for /l %I in (1,1,10) do mkdir FOLDER%I

H:\folders>mkdir FOLDER1

H:\folders>mkdir FOLDER2

H:\folders>mkdir FOLDER3

H:\folders>mkdir FOLDER4

H:\folders>mkdir FOLDER5

H:\folders>mkdir FOLDER6

H:\folders>mkdir FOLDER7

H:\folders>mkdir FOLDER8

H:\folders>mkdir FOLDER9

H:\folders>mkdir FOLDER10

H:\folders>dir /ad /b
FOLDER1
FOLDER10
FOLDER2
FOLDER3
FOLDER4
FOLDER5
FOLDER6
FOLDER7
FOLDER8
FOLDER9Many thanks you saved me!

I also added in quotes the name of the folder

i.e do mkdir "MYFOLDERNAME%I"

to rename them while they were created which was also a time saver

But what does (1,1,10) MEAN? I guess it means 1 to 10 but what is the other digit for?
Quote from: oh-dear on January 19, 2012, 11:04:20 AM

But what does (1,1,10) mean? I guess it means 1 to 10 but what is the other digit for?

You can take a look at the full documentation by typing in for /? Essentially, when using the /l switch, the first number describes the start point, the last number the end point, and the middle digit designates by how much the step is. So (1,1,10) will end up throwing 1, 2, 3, 4...10, while (4,2,16) will throw 4, 6, 8, 10...16. That's the basic explanation.I thought so, just wanted to check.

Last question on this TOPIC is; what if I wanted to use A to Z instead of numbers for example Appendix A, B, C etc.

thank you for all your help I'm not sure how this works with batch, but I know how to do it with VBScript. In fact, this works great with a hybrid script. See below:

Code: [Select]echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

echo dim oArgs >ASCII.vbs
echo set oArgs=wscript.Arguments >>ASCII.vbs
echo wscript.echo CHR(oArgs(0)) >>ASCII.vbs

for /l %%I in (65,1,90) do (
  for %%J in ('cscript /nologo ASCII.vbs %%I') do set end=%%J
  mkdir "Appendix !end!"
)

del ASCII.vbs
exit
This will go from A to Z, so you will have to do some manual math if you want to change the LETTERS that are used at all. Code: [Select]echo off
set "chars=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"

setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /l %%a in (0,1,25) do echo !chars:~%%a,1! Quote from: oh-dear on January 19, 2012, 11:04:20 AM
But what does (1,1,10) mean?

(start, step, end)
Quote from: Raven19528 on January 19, 2012, 12:00:48 PM
I'm not sure how this works with batch, but I know how to do it with VBScript. In fact, this works great with a hybrid script. See below:

Did you try it? I tried that code out, I could only make it work if the FOR line that calls the VBSCript has the /f switch, and you can reduce the VBScript to one line, and the convention is that script engine switches such as //nologo have 2 slashes (so cscript or wscript can distinguish between switches intended for the engine and those for the script)

Code: [Select]echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
echo wscript.echo CHR(wscript.arguments(0)) > ASCII.vbs
for /l %%I in (65,1,90) do (
  for /f %%J in ('cscript //nologo ASCII.vbs %%I') do set end=%%J
  mkdir "Appendix !end!"
)
del ASCII.vbs


in fact you can do it in one line of batch

Code: [Select]for %%A in (A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do mkdir "Appendix %%A" Quote from: Salmon Trout on January 20, 2012, 12:01:27 AM
in fact you can do it in one line of batch

Code: [Select]for %%A in (A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do mkdir "Appendix %%A"
Doh!  I just had a Homer moment.  Not sure why I over complicated it. Quote from: Squashman on January 20, 2012, 05:44:51 AM
Doh!  I just had a Homer moment.  Not sure why I over complicated it.

Well, I had one too as you can see.
Quote from: Salmon Trout on January 20, 2012, 05:13:01 AM
Well, I had one too as you can see.

And me makes us Amigos Three.


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