For, Part 1

posted by  mvrok (14)  15 months ago (blogs.msdn.com)

Continuing from last time.

The usage for the basic for loop looks like:

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.

For example, to copy every file in the current directory into its own subdir