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How to prevent command line wildcard processor from evaluating short file names

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Mar 15, 2026631 views
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I'm developing a batch file within which I'm using the following pattern: *.res I want to select all files with the extension .res, but this pattern is matching files with an extension of .resources also. In other words, it acts like I'm specifying *.res* but I'm not. Is there a way I can prevent t…

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You'll have to iterate manually and exclude those files that don't match, for example like this:

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