For loop file name to see if it contains any of the possible? -

somehow can use loop (/r) see if file name contains 1 of 3 or more different parts?

for /r "c:\" %%a in ("*.*") ( if %%~nxa==a*.txt echo if %%~nxa==*b.txt echo b  ) 

etc.?

is possible?

either of following should give logic have specified:

for /r "c:\" %%f in ("a*.txt" "*b.txt") echo %%f 

or

dir /s /b /a-d "c:\a*.txt" "c:\*b.txt" 

but, must realize duplicate listings because file "a_b.txt" match both masks - each mask listed separately.

you use following distinct values:

@echo off setlocal disabledelayedexpansion set "prior=" /f "delims=" %%f in (   'dir /s /b /a-d "c:\a*.txt" "c:\*b.txt" ^| sort' ) (   set "now=%%f"   setlocal enabledelayedexpansion   if !now! neq !prior! echo !now!   endlocal   set "prior=%%f" ) 

or use jsort.bat utility conveniently , efficiently sort , remove duplicates. jsort.bat pure script (jscript/batch hybrid) runs natively on windows machine xp onward.

dir /s /b /a-d "c:\a*.txt" "c:\*b.txt" | jsort /u