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FOR Command Behaves Differently From Previous MS-DOS Versions

Article ID: 134572

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006

Microsoft Windows 95

This article was previously published under Q134572

SYMPTOMS

After you install Windows 95, you notice that batch files that use the FOR command with the slash (/) switch behave differently:

For example, the following line

   for %i in (/abcd) do echo %i

   /ABCD

whereas in previous versions of MS-DOS it printed

   A
   BCD

CAUSE

The FOR command with the slash (/) switch in Command.com in Windows 95 behaves differently than it did in previous versions of Command.com.

RESOLUTION

Rewrite batch files that use the FOR command with the slash (/) switch.

Additional query words: program

Keywords: KB134572