Question

I am writing a batch file where I need to list all the directories except those called “pdf”.

This is a simple example of what I currently have, returning all directories:

for /r /d %%D in ("*") do (
        echo %%D
    )

Is there an equivalent to:

for /r /d %%D not in ("pdf") do (
        echo %%D
    )

When I try that I get the following output:

"not was unexpected at this time."  
C:\txt-in\for /r /d %D not in ("pdf") do (

Answer 1

Easiest way is probably

for /r /d %%D in ("*") do (
    if not "%%~nxD"=="pdf" (
    echo %%D
    )
)