Found the following inconsistency: Code: > 20110707_algol.dat dir ::"^201\d{5,5}.*.dat$" rem shows the file for %i in (::"^201\d{5,5}.*.dat$") echo %i rem doesn't show the file I additionaly tried /f and /w switches - to no avail. Am I doing sth wrong? nickles
Putting the double-colon inside the double-quotes got the expression working for me: Code: > for /w z in ("::^201\d{5,5}.*.dat$") dir %z C:\tmp\20110707_algol.dat C:\tmp\20110708_algol.dat C:\tmp\20110709_algol.dat C:\tmp\20110710_algol.dat This syntax works with TCC Regular Expression Syntax configured for PERL, Ruby, Java, or GNU, but not grep or POSIX. HTH -- Peter
Thanks for your answer Peter! This solves it. @rconn Please update the documentation under "Wildcards and Regular Expressions". The example at the very bottom reads nickles
