If I type:
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FOR /?
at the command prompt, it says (among other things):
Quote:
FOR /L %variable IN (start,step,end) DO command [command-parameters]
The set is a sequence of numbers from start to end, by step amount.
So (1,1,5) would generate the sequence 1 2 3 4 5 and (5,-1,1) would
generate the sequence (5 4 3 2 1)
Which is exactly what I want to do. But if I create a batch file that looks like this:
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@echo off
FOR /L %variable IN (1,1,5) DO echo hi
pause
I get "variable was unexpected at this time", instead of printing the word "hi" five times, which is what I expect it to do.
I have tried changing the number of percent signs before the word "variable", changing "variable" to "i" or some other value, and a bunch of other tweaks, but I can't figure out why this thing isn't working as the DOS help says it should.
What am I doing wrong?
Google isn't helping, strangely.
PS: Same results on Vista and XP.
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