Batch will list files in a folder, ask me which one and when i choose it will open it

Question

All scripts that i looked were same, they are listing the files in a folder and asking me to choose. And when i press for example "3" nothing is happening. I want batch to LIST files in a folder, then ASKS me to choose one, and the most important part: OPEN what i choosed

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

set count=0
set "choice_options="

for /F "delims=" %%A in ('dir /a:-d /b C:\image\Aselsan\') do (
    REM Increment %count% here so that it doesn't get incremented later
    set /a count+=1

    REM Add the file name to the options array
    set "options[!count!]=%%A"

    REM Add the new option to the list of existing options
    set choice_options=!choice_options!!count!

)

for /L %%A in (1,1,!count!) do echo [%%A]. !options[%%A]!
choice /c:!choice_options! /n /m "Enter a file to load: "

cmd /k

Please help me to OPEN that text file, im stuck.. Thanks for every help

You need to add something for it to do when the choice is made! I'd suggest you put that somewhere between line `20` and line `22` — Compo, Dec 06 '20 at 19:30

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 06 '20 at 20:08

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you can add a line:

start C:\image\Aselsan\!options[%ERRORLEVEL%]!

in full:

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

set count=0
set "choice_options="

for /F "delims=" %%A in ('dir /a:-d  /b "C:\image\Aselsan\"') do (
    REM Increment %count% here so that it doesn't get incremented later
    set /a count+=1

    REM Add the file name to the options array
    set "options[!count!]=%%A"

    REM Add the new option to the list of existing options
    set choice_options=!choice_options!!count!
)

for /L %%A in (1,1,!count!) do (
    echo [%%A]. !options[%%A]!
    echo %%A
   
)

choice /c:!choice_options!  /m "Enter a file to load: "

start C:\image\Aselsan\!options[%ERRORLEVEL%]!

cmd /k

answered Dec 06 '20 at 20:08

lww

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Omg thank you A LOT. It worked im really grateful.Can i ask some explanation about what is !options[%ERRORLEVEL%]! – cankut Dec 06 '20 at 21:12
For example, if you have three files a.jpg b.jpg c.jpg in a directory C:\image\Aselsan\ !options[%%A]! in the for loop is an array of file names contained in this directory with corresponding indices: `[1]. a.jpg [2]. b.jpg [3]. c.jpg` The choice command sets ERRORLEVEL environment variable to the index of the key that the user selects from the list of choices (according to the Microsoft documentation). Let's say I select file b.jpg by typing 2, then ERRORLEVEL is set to 2. it expands to `start C:\image\Aselsan\!options[2]!` it works because 2 is the index of the file b.jpg – lww Dec 06 '20 at 22:34
Thanks a lot <33 – cankut Dec 07 '20 at 20:22
hi can you help this? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65194566/batch-file-choice-command-more-than-10-parameter – cankut Dec 08 '20 at 07:16
Hi, it looks like I am late, Stephan has already answered this question. – lww Dec 08 '20 at 11:28
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no reason to not add another answer, when it's better or different `;)` – Stephan Dec 08 '20 at 11:32
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I think your solution is pretty cool; I'm saving your answer to my private gists. :) – lww Dec 08 '20 at 12:15
It's creating a file named "0". It would be better if you save it after we fix this problem ( asked it now ) – cankut Dec 08 '20 at 12:25

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