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Hi,

Im trying to make a batch script which can go through a directory and pick all the .txt files and copy the name in a file. Ive been able to make a script which can do this in a particular folder but if there is a folder in the folder it doesnt check in that, this is what I have so far,

@echo off

rem get files into text file
 
set PD=%CD%
set WW=%1
set WD=%WW%

CD %WD%
dir /b | gawk "{print $1}" | grep \.c | sed "s/\.txt//g" > %PWD%\testing2.txt

I was thinking of using recursion to to go deeper into the folders but im not sure how to identify a folder, If I can I can use it as a kind of a stop case.

Thanks,
Rahul

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As noted, a recursive listing fixes the "not checking subfolders" problem. To get just the final filename (basename) from a full path you can avoid fragile field-splitting and use built‑in features. Below are three practical ways that work on Windows environments — pick the one that fits your toolchain.

Batch: recurse and produce basenames (no extension)

@echo off
for /r "C:\path\to\root" %%F in (*.txt) do echo %%~nF >> basenames.txt

Batch: if you already have a file of full paths (one per line)

@echo off
rem paths.txt contains full paths; usebackq + delims= preserves spaces
>basenames.txt (
  for /f "usebackq delims=" %%F in ("paths.txt") do @echo %%~nF
)

PowerShell: modern and robust (keeps international chars nicely)

Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\path\to\root' -Recurse -Filter '*.txt' |
  Select-Object -ExpandProperty BaseName |
  Out-File -Encoding utf8 basenames.txt

If you prefer GNU tools (gawk), set the field separator to backslash and print the last field:

gawk -F'\\\\' '{print $NF}' paths.txt > basenames.txt

Quick tips: in batch files use double percent markers (%%) and at the interactive prompt use single (%). Use delims= with for /f to preserve spaces in filenames. %%~nF gives the name without extension; %%~xF is the extension; %%~nxF is name+ext; %%~dpF is drive+path. These approaches avoid brittle text-parsing and handle nested folders reliably for 's use case.

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use dir /b /s

/s Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories.

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Thanks, that solves my immeadiate problem. Im using gawk to get the last column data from the file.
My file looks like this,

C:\Documents and Settings\name\test\byebye.c
C:\Documents and Settings\name\test\hello.c
C:\Documents and Settings\name\test\hey.h
C:\Documents and Settings\name\test\New Folder
C:\Documents and Settings\name\test\New Folder (2)
C:\Documents and Settings\name\test\New Folder\tesdfsftsdfds.c

using the command,

gawk "{print $NF|"

the data is split into,


Settings\name\test\byebye.c
Settings\name\test\hello.c
Settings\name\test\hey.h
Settings\name\test\New Folder
Settings\name\test\New Folder (2)
Folder\tesdfsftsdfds

What I need is to get the last file name, is it possible to get these by using gawk again or is there a way to space the data after a \, that way i can use gawk better?

Thanks.

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