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    Default delimiters are <tab> and <space> so it is better to add "delims=" after FOR /F to accept filenames with spaces. Whole command will be FOR /F "delims=" %%I IN ('DIR . /B /O:-D') DO COPY %%I <<NewDir>> & EXIT
    – Cheburek
    Commented Oct 13, 2010 at 22:16
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    Note that the space in front of the & becomes part of the previous command. That has bitten me with SET, which happily puts trailing blanks into the value.
    – Chris Noe
    Commented Mar 5, 2011 at 19:15
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    @Ashwin: %%I is the value from DIR *.* /B /O:-D -- so for each iteration of the loop it is the filename. Since the loop exits on its first iteration, it's only value is the first file (with a dot in its name) in the directory.
    – idbrii
    Commented May 24, 2012 at 22:41
  • Hi All. How do I filter by Date only and not Date and Time? /O:-D
    – DextrousDave
    Commented Feb 3, 2014 at 14:00
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    @idbrii "(with a dot in its name)" < no because *.* in Windows has special behavior to match also files without dot, same as *. (Incidentally, even something like *.*.*.* does.)
    – CherryDT
    Commented Jul 4, 2021 at 9:56