How can i get newest subfolder in directory ?
I need it in MKLINK /D
command.
Thanks
To navigate to your home directory, use "cd" or "cd ~" To navigate up one directory level, use "cd .." To navigate to the previous directory (or back), use "cd -"
When you want to go back, type cd - and you will be back where you started.
When used in a command line, script, or batch file, %1 is used to represent a variable or matched string. For example, in a Microsoft batch file, %1 can print what is entered after the batch file name.
- : Prefix to reverse order. For instance, an option of "/O:D" displays files oldest-to-newest, and "/O:-S" displays files biggest-to-smallest.
FOR /F "delims=" %%i IN ('dir /b /ad-h /t:c /od') DO SET a=%%i echo Most recent subfolder: %a%
(%i
for windows 10)
/b
is for bare format/ad-h
only directories, but not the hidden onest:c
means to use the creation date for sorting (use t:w
for last write date)/od
sort oldest firstfor /F
executes the command and sets a to the directory name, the last one is the newest one.If you execute this directly on the command line (not in a batch file), use %
instead of %%
.
This works with the current directory - as @iesou pointed out you'll need to add the directory path after dir
if you need to use any other directory path.
Example with specified directory path:
FOR /F "delims=" %%i IN ('dir "c:\Program Files" /b /ad-h /t:c /od') DO SET a=%%i
To prevent going through all subfolders, you may change the sort order to have the most recent first (/o-d
) and exit the for loop after the first call:
@echo off FOR /F "delims=" %%i IN ('dir /b /ad-h /t:c /o-d') DO ( SET a=%%i GOTO :found ) echo No subfolder found goto :eof :found echo Most recent subfolder: %a%
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