Batch commands on Win 2000 1

[usedup]

I'm writing a batch file that makes a list of tiff names in a folder for use in a later conversion .bat file I wrote. However, I only need the first part of the file name to use as the variable (for example, in 100s1.tif, I only need 100s1 to make the file work).

Does anyone know of a dos command that will allow me to make the list from the folder using only the characters I need?

 

[mapleleaf]

usedup,

Try this fragment:-

if exist tiflist.txt del tiflist.txt
for /f "tokens=1 delims=." %%a in ('dir *.tif /b') do @echo %%a >> tiflist.txt

Line2 does a bare dir listing of *.tif and then parses each line splitting it at the "." (delims=.) and returning the first part (tokens=1), then echoing into the file.

Ian

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[usedup]

This was a big help - Thanks!!!
I knew there was a way to do it without complex coding and the used of a SED routine.
Because we're using a third party utility I figured we only needed a line command.

Thanks again!