batch: Iterate through directories and get directory names

Question

Given the following directory

D:\>dir D:\test1 /b
.dir1dot
.dir2dot
dir1
dir2
file1.txt
file2.txt

I want to iterate through all the directories from a given directory in Windows 10. Therefore I've built the following command

D:\>for /d %i in (D:\test1\*) do @echo %i
D:\test1\.dir1dot
D:\test1\.dir2dot
D:\test1\dir1
D:\test1\dir2

Now I want to obtain the names of the directories. That is:

.dir1dot
.dir2dot
dir1
dir2

I have tried executing the following but this is what happens:

D:\> for /d %i in (D:\test1\*) do @echo %~ni
ECHO is on.
ECHO is on.
dir1
dir2

Thus, the question is How can I only display the names of the directories from a given directory?

Answer 1

1. Use the %~nxi substitution to include the file extensions too since this gets the . prefix named folders. You'll still be assured no files are iterated since FOR /D deals with directories only.

   for /d %i in (D:\test1\*) do @echo %~nxi
   .dir1dot
   .dir2dot
   dir1
   dir2
   

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2. Furthermore, you can use a for /f loop iterating the output of a dir command with the /B and /AD parameters to only get directories and no files, and to get the full path per each iteration including the . prefix named folders.

   Directory Names Only

   for /f "tokens=*" %F IN ('DIR D:\test1 /AD /B') do @echo %F
   .dir1dot
   .dir2dot
   dir1
   dir2
   

   Full Path Directory Names

   for /f "tokens=*" %F IN ('DIR D:\test1 /AD /B') do @echo %~fF
   D:\test1\.dir1dot
   D:\test1\.dir2dot
   D:\test1\dir1
   D:\test1\dir2
   

Supporting Resources

• For /F

• FOR /?

  In addition, substitution of FOR variable references has been enhanced. You can now use the following optional syntax:

  %~fI        - expands %I to a fully qualified path name
  %~nI        - expands %I to a file name only
  %~xI        - expands %I to a file extension only
  

• Dir

Answer 2

PowerSHell: (Get-ChildItem -directory).Name

Alias/Abbv version: (gci -ad).Name

Answer 3

You can use for /Directory and for /Recursive in one loop for /Directory for /Recursive:

for /d /r "E:\your folder" %i in (*)do @echo\%~nxi