How to adjust command to run in batch script?

[pstein]

I have got from some tutorials two commands which run perfect if entered manually at the command prompt (on 64bit Win7):

FOR /F "Tokens=*" %A IN ('DIR /al /b /s D:\') DO @( for /F "Tokens=2,4 delims=<[]>" %B IN ('DIR /al "%~A"? ^| FIND /I " %~nA " ^| FIND /I "<" ^| FIND /I ">" ') DO @( ECHO.%~B: "%~A" ? "%~C" )

and

for /F "usebackq tokens=2* delims=:" %G in (`forfiles /s /c "cmd /c fsutil hardlink list @path | findstr /n .* | findstr /b /v 1"`) do @fsutil hardlink list "%G" & echo.

They are used to find all symbolic links & junction points & hard links on the current partition/directory tree.

Now I want to put them into a batch script. But then I got error about invalid syntax.

What do I have to adjust so that they are running in DOS batch script?

Thank you
Peter

[aGerman]

The main difference is the syntax of FOR variables. While they have only one percent sign prepended in the command line you have to double them in a batch code.

Steffen

[Squashman]

If you read the help for the FOR command it literally tells you this on the 7th line.

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C:\>for /?
Runs a specified command for each file in a set of files.

FOR %variable IN (set) DO command [command-parameters]

  %variable  Specifies a single letter replaceable parameter.
  (set)      Specifies a set of one or more files.  Wildcards may be used.
  command    Specifies the command to carry out for each file.
  command-parameters
             Specifies parameters or switches for the specified command.

To use the FOR command in a batch program, specify %%variable instead
of %variable.  Variable names are case sensitive, so %i is different
from %I.

[Compo]

Your one liner appears to have a parenthesis imbalance and could be improved upon:

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For /F "Delims=" %A In ('Dir/B/S/AL D:\') Do @For /F EOL^=^ Delims^=[^<^>]^ Tokens^=2^,4 %B In ('Dir/AL "%A"?') Do @Echo %B: "%A" ? "%C"

The batch script would look like this:

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@Echo Off
For /F "Delims=" %%A In ('Dir/B/S/AL D:\'
) Do For /F EOL^=^ Delims^=[^<^>]^ Tokens^=2^,4 %%B In ('Dir/AL "%%A"?'
) Do Echo=%%B: "%%A" ? "%%C"
Timeout -1