DOCUMENT:Q134572  17-DEC-2000  [win95x]
TITLE   :FOR Command Behaves Differently From Previous MS-DOS Versions
PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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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

prints

   /ABCD

whereas in previous versions of MS-DOS it printed

   A
   BCD

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

Additional query words: program

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Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3

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