If you've got to perform an action on a bunch of files at the command line, you want to master the for statement. The Daily Cup of Tech web site explains how the command:
for /R %z in (*.zip) do unzip "%z"
Iterates through all the zip archives in a folder and extracts them. If you're starting to get your feet wet automating tasks with batch scripts, this is a nice for primer. —Gina Trapani
Quickly Perform a Function on Several Files [Daily Cup of Tech]
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