FOR loop does not work due to spaces in filenames

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In a batch file I have this code for copying files:

FOR /F "tokens=*" %%f IN ('DIR /S /B *.png,*.jpg,*.pneg,*.jpeg') DO ( XCOPY /H /S /Y /EXCLUDE:%EXFdestination%\EXF.txt %%~f "%destination%\" )

Problem is it doesn't copy files with spaces in the filenames like D:\Exemple Directory\file.jpg, it only copies files that have filenames like D:\ExampleDirectory\file.jpg

I tried instead of tokens=* with delims= but it doesn't solve the problem.

Mike Nakis · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-15 21:33:09Z

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Simple enough: use "%%~f" instead of %%~f

answered Sep 15, 2016 at 21:33

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Compo · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-15 22:00:26Z

You could bypass the for loop and use Robocopy.

Here is an example:

ROBOCOPY "C:\Source" "C:\Destination" *.png *.jpg *.pneg *.jpeg /s

There are also exclude options /XF and /XD, but we have not seen the content of your exclude file EXF.txt.

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