-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I honestly don't remember if the basic batch file command set includes that or not. I thought I'd seen it in the past but I did a lot with 4DOS and Take Command from JP Software and they include for loops for sure. If you want a free solution and current win environment doesn't work, try cygwin, the unix environment that runs on windows platforms. On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 10:14:57PM -0600, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > Hi. I have a script which I'd like to run from a windows xp machine > from the cmd prompt. Does batch have similar loop capability like bash? > > I'd like to do something like: > > for file in `dir /b *.wav` ;do > oggenc -q 4 blah blah $file > done > > I'd do it from Linux but right now my only Linux box is a p200 and it > would take forever to encode lots of stuff. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos - http://www.asmodean.net > All outgoing E-Mail is PGP-signed so that you know it really came from > me and not a virus. Public key at: http://asmodean.net/raul-pgp.asc > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA3CcBWSjv55S0LfERAq1kAKCSk+PgadXZIkoFkXGXMAeWdTKAqQCfdhVM oYK3NRGgs6+N6XmeEaAt9TI= =S17P -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----