Redirect output of command in for loop of batch script
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in this case you need to escape the > like this
for /F %%F in ('dir /B %* 2^> nul') do (
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Updated on September 15, 2022Comments
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TripShock over 1 year
... for /F %%F in ('dir /B %* 2> nul') do ( ...What I'm attempting to do here is discard the err output of the command (and loop over the stdout output). However, it complains:
2> was unexpected at this time.Is this some way to achieve this?
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Ansgar Wiechers almost 11 yearsNo. Changing2>to2 >would redirect STDOUT instead of STDERR, thus preventing the processing of the actual directory listing. As @RGuggisberg correctly pointed out, the redirection operator must be escaped in the nested command. -
bambams almost 9 yearsMicrosoft uses an intern to implement the command shell and we have to live with it for the rest of our lives... -
Rolf about 2 yearsSaved my day, Mr. Guggisberg :). I'd like to add: If you want to redirect stderr to stdout, by using 2>&1, you need to escape the & too.
