Shell command wildcard?

Anonymous

How do you make a shell command use a wildcard.

Using the following I cannot get the wildcard to work.


Windir := ENVIRON('windir');
SHELL(Windir+'\notepad.exe' ,'/p','Z:\minisell\Import\*.txt');

Is there another way of doing this?

Please help.

Dan

toenne

you can't open more than one file with notepad.

if you want to open each file separately with notepad, you have to use a cmd-file (i.e. mulEdit.cmd) like this

for %%A in (%1) do call notepad %%A

and call it with

SHELL('mulEdit.cmd','/p','Z:\minisell\Import\*.txt');

Anonymous

Thank you Toenne.

But when I put in the code

for %%A in (%1) do call notepad %%A

I get a syntax error

Dan

toenne

did you create a file named MulEdit.cmd with the content of the first codebox?

Xypher

The .cmd file should work fine but then you have the concern of maybe cleaning up or waiting for the file to be created/closed etc.

I personally would suggest using the Windows Script Host Object Model so you can:

1. Use WSH's WshExec to execute notepad.exe 2. User WSH to scan through your designated folder(s) and *control* how, when, and if to stop at anytime etc with opening the files