Command line: Create folders in subfolders with spaces

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For a project I received 700 folders with names of institutions (containing spaces). The purpose is now to create subfolders in each of these folders.

[institution folder]\Documents\ [institution folder]\Images\ [institution folder]\Videos\

According some posts here the below script should work to create the Documents folder

FOR /d %A IN (C:\Users\myname\project\institutions\*) DO mkdir %A\Documents

However, I notice in the feedback that I get from the command line that this instruction fails at the spaces in the foldername. How can I get this to work?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 26 '13 at 11:25

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FOR /d %A IN (C:\Users\myname\project\institutions\*) DO mkdir "%A"\Documents

should do the trick.

answered Mar 26 '13 at 11:25

Magoo

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 26 '13 at 10:12

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make sure you wrap expressions containing spaces with " to make sure the shell sees them as a single entity.

answered Mar 26 '13 at 10:12

Gung Foo

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Yes I know, but the problem is, how do I handle that with my %A variable? – Gigi2m02 Mar 26 '13 at 10:17
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/535975/dealing-with-quotes-in-windows-batch-scripts – Gung Foo Mar 26 '13 at 10:19
CLI feedback: "%A" is not expected at this moment. – Gigi2m02 Mar 26 '13 at 10:25
have you looked at that link i posted last? sounds like it has your solution in there – Gung Foo Mar 26 '13 at 10:29
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You place the quotes around the `%A` in the `MKDIR`, but not in the `FOR` thus: `FOR /d %A IN (C:\Users\myname\project\institutions\*) DO mkdir "%A"\Documents` – Magoo Mar 26 '13 at 10:49
Thx @PeterWright, that worked for me. If you post it as an answer, I'll accept it. – Gigi2m02 Mar 26 '13 at 11:01

Command line: Create folders in subfolders with spaces

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