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Posted: **20 Dec 2021 08:18**

Hi, I have a list of directories that each contain several .dwg files. I would like to get the file path of one .dwg from each folder in the list and make a new list of these files for later processing.

Both lists are stored in text files. DirList.txt contains the input directories and 250List.txt contains the output dwg files.

Unfortunately, my script gives an error: "File Not Found" and appends "ECHO is off." to 250List.txt

Could someone lend me a hand in determining what is wrong with my code? Thanks.

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@echo off
cls
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
FOR %%G IN (DirList.txt) DO (
for /f "delims=" %%F in ('dir %%G\*.dwg /b /o-n') do set file=%%F
echo %file%>>C:\Users\Craw\250\Last250List.txt
)
endlocal
pause

Posted: **20 Dec 2021 12:57**

"delims=" should be "eol=? delims=", %%G\*.dwg should be "%%G\*.dwg", file=%%F should be "File=%%F", and the most important one, %file% should be !File!.

Posted: **20 Dec 2021 13:16**

Thank you for your reply @Compo, unfortunately after making those changes, I still receive the same errors.

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@echo off
cls
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
FOR %%G IN (DirList.txt) DO (
for /f "eol=? delims=" %%F in ('dir "%%G\*.dwg" /b /o-n') do set "File=%%F"
echo !File!>>"C:\Users\Craw\250\Last250List.txt"
)
endlocal
pause

Posted: **20 Dec 2021 17:08**

FOR /F is used to read a file.

Posted: **20 Dec 2021 19:22**

Okay now, based on the adivce of Squashman, change:

Craw wrote: ↑
20 Dec 2021 13:16
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FOR %%G IN (DirList.txt) DO (

To:

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For /F "UseBackQ EOL=? Delims=" %%G In ("DirList.txt") Do (

Posted: **21 Dec 2021 07:31**

Thank you @Squashman and @Compo.

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