Windows batch - counting files with a batch using for loops

Batch – Programming .

Scenario: Counting Files and adding them to logfiles

How to count files in a directory and how to put them in logfiles.

Sometimes it is helpful to know how many files and what files you have saved in a directory. You could count them manually or use a tool of some sort, but it is also realizable with a batch file. A batch for this under Windows NT could look somehting like the following:

@echo off
Break off

REM ======= Part 1 ========

echo First part of this batch (Listing and counting files in G:\Documents)
echo.
set dir="G:\Documents\"
set log="G:\Logfiles-documents\log-txt-file.txt"
set log2="G:\Logfiles-documents\log-file-count.txt"
echo Put files (txt) into %log%
for /R %dir% %%f in (*.txt*) do (
    dir "%%f" /b/s/a-d/w/OD/OS >> %log%
)
for /R %dir% %%f in (*.txt*) do (
    echo Numbers of .txt files in %dir%: >> %log2%
    dir "%%f" /b/s/a-d |find /v /c "::" >> %log2%
)
set log3="G:\Logfiles-documents\log-doc-odt-file.txt"
echo Put files (odt/doc) into %log3%
for /R %dir% %%f in (*.doc *.odt) do (
    dir "%%f" /b/s/a-d/w/OD/OS >> %log3%

)
for /R %dir% %%f in (*.odt *.doc) do (
    echo Numbers of .odt-files in %dir%: > %log2%
    dir G:\Documents\*.odt /b/s/a-d |find /v /c "::" > %log2%
    echo Numbers of .doc-files in %dir%: > %log2%
    dir G:\Documents\*.doc /b/s/a-d |find /v /c "::" > %log2%
)
echo Show all subdirectories of %dir%
dir %dir% /a:d/s > G:\Logfiles-documents\count-directories.txt
dir %dir% /a:d
pause >nul

What this batch code does?
The batch counts all *.txt files and puts their number in one logfile. The name of every *.txt file is saved in another logfile. It also counts all .odt and .doc files and lists them in another logfile.  And then last it lists all subdirectories of G:\Documents and puts them in a logfile.


Notes for this batch:

Make sure to use dir "%%f" and not just %%f.
Use for /R to include all subdirectories.
>> adds the information to the logfile instead of creating a new one. You can also use >.
But I prefer the >> notation.
The structure of this code can vary. The notation above is just an example but I think this is the most convenient way to write a batch like this.
The counting of these files like the odt and doc files can of course be applied to every sort of filetype. So the batch is just a general example of how to count files and create logs.