Batch script loop

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Batch script loop

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`for /l` is your friend:

```
for /l %x in (1, 1, 100) do echo %x

```

Starts at 1, increments by one, and finishes at 100.

**WARNING:** Use `%%` instead of `%`, if it's in a batch file, like:

```
for /l %%x in (1, 1, 100) do echo %%x

```

(which is one of the things I really really hate about windows scripting.)

If you have multiple commands for each iteration of the loop, do this:

```
for /l %x in (1, 1, 100) do (
echo %x
copy %x.txt z:\whatever\etc
)

```

or in a batch file:

```
for /l %%x in (1, 1, 100) do (
echo %%x
copy %%x.txt z:\whatever\etc
)

```

Key:

- `/l` denotes that the `for` command will operate in a numerical fashion, rather than operating on a set of files

- `%x` is the loops variable and will be `(starting value, increment of value, end condition[inclusive] )`