How to? Suppress "File Not Found" in a batch file

[RobertJSawyer]

My batch file is one line:

dir *.$?? /4/p/h/k/m

It correctly reports only the filenames if any with the extension .$?? exist

I simply want to suppress the "file not found" message if no such files exist.

(I actually use 4DOS.)

Many thanks!

 

[Charles Dye]

One way would be to just not call DIR unless some matching files exist:

if exist *.$?? dir *.$?? /4/p/h/k/m

Another way, if you just want to hide error messages, would be to redirect stderr to the bit bucket:

dir *.$?? /4/p/h/k/m >&> nul:

 

[RobertJSawyer]

Perfect, Charles! Thank you so much!

Rob