Using FOR to perform an operation on a file collection
The FOR command allows one to specify a file wildcard (*.txt) and what operation to perform on each file that matches the wildcard (type).
When using the FOR loop directly from the command prompt:
FOR %f IN (*.txt) DO type %f
When using FOR inside af batch file:
FOR %%f IN (*.txt) DO type %%f
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