Looping files in directory in reverse order

Question

In DOS batch file I can write following loop to iterate files in a directory in alphabetical ascending order:

for %f in (*) do (echo %f)

How do I do the same but iterate files in reverse order (alphabetical descending) ?

Answer 1

From the command line:

for /f "tokens=*" %f in ('dir /b /o-n') do (echo %f)

In a bat file:

for /f "tokens=*" %%f in ('dir /b /o-n') do (echo %%f)

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/B           Uses bare format (no heading information or summary).
/O           List by files in sorted order.
sortorder    N  By name (alphabetic)
             -  Prefix to reverse order

Type "dir /?" in CMD for more details