Let's say we have a target directory structure like this: C: My Music parent folder 01 - parent folder.mp3 C: My Music parent folder 02 - parent folder.mp3 C: My Music parent folder 03 - parent folder.mp3 C: My Music parent folder child folder 1 01 - child folder 1.mp3 C: My Music parent folder child folder 1 02 - child folder 1.mp3 C: My Music parent folder child folder 1 03 - child folder 1.mp3 C: My Music parent folder child folder 2 01 - child folder 2.mp3 C: My Music parent folder child folder 2 02 - child folder 2.mp3 C: My Music parent folder child folder 2 03 - child folder 2.mp3 So. If I just run Command Prompt from the 'parent folder' and type: dir /s /b *.mp3 > listall.txt I get an output text file with absolute path exactly as you see above. But this is not what I want. Spot on avery_larry your code works!! Thankyou ++++ I needed to change line 5 to append (>>) rather than overwrite (>) the text file. I made the code echo the results line-by-line in the console and added pauses between each line so I could visualize the runtime. Heroes and generals chiti na denjgi.

Yes sir, she kept outputting and outputting and outputting every line with relative path names. As you can see, I'm a DOS n00b. It would be nice for my learning if you could explain to me what each line is doing. What are the brackets doing from lines 3 to 6 and why are you indenting lines 4 and 5.

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Ummm, one last thing. So to make your batch also rename listall.txt to [the name of the parent folder].m3u I add this code to the end of yours: set foldervar=%CD% set foldervar=%foldervar:* =% set foldervar=%foldervar:* =% set foldervar=%foldervar:* =% set foldervar=%foldervar:* =% set foldervar=%foldervar:* =% ren listall.txt '%foldervar%.m3u' Is there a better way to code this function or do I really need to add all those lines?

I'm pretty sure the answer has something to do with the FOR command. Code: call echo%%file:%parent%=%%>>listall.txt This is where the magic happens. At the basic level, we're using a simple substring substitution to eliminate the parent directories. If your current directory was c: tmp then we're trying to do this: echo%file:c: tmp =% Which substitutes nothing (blank or nul) for c: tmp The rest of it I'm not going to explain very well, because it's quite complicated. The%parent% is the variable that contains the parent directory, which we want to blank out of the lines, effectively we are stripping 'c: my music parent folder' out of the dir's ouput.

That's what this portion does::%parent%= Using the 'call' function allows us to evaluate the variable string twice. The first evaluation will expand any normal looking variables (single% surround) and it will evaluate any double percents as single percents. Something like this. Ummm, one last thing. So to make your batch also rename listall.txt to [the name of the parent folder].m3u I add this code to the end of yours: set foldervar=%CD% set foldervar=%foldervar:* =% set foldervar=%foldervar:* =% set foldervar=%foldervar:* =% set foldervar=%foldervar:* =% set foldervar=%foldervar:* =% ren listall.txt '%foldervar%.m3u'Is there a better way to code this function or do I really need to add all those lines?

I'm pretty sure the answer has something to do with the FOR command. --thr333Well, you could do something similar to the above and strip out the parent folder from the current folder something like this: **untested**. Thanks for taking the time to write ALL of that!!

The last code example. Yeah, it works flawlessly, adding only this part to your previous code: Set 'foldervar=%CD%' for /l%%a in (1,1,10) do call set 'foldervar=%%foldervar:* =%%' Ren listall.txt '%foldervar%.m3u' What are the set of numbers in parenthesis (1,1,10) refering to again? The second last code example. Set 'folder=%cd%' cd. Call ren '%folder% listall.txt' '%%folder:%cd% =%%' When appended to your previous code doesn't work, even though It's much simpler looking.

Aren't we supposed to be adding.m3u file extension somewhere in here: '%%folder:%cd% =%%'. Well done DccD +++++ Thanks a lot for your contribution. Your added details are cool. I like a bit of interaction with scripts like this one. And another thankyou to avery_larry. Thanks for EVERYTHING +++++++ If anyone wants to copy and paste this and share it. Make sure you give credits to these guys and this forum makeplaylist.bat [Build 3 - September 02, 2009] - fixed illegal/special characters issue, see post by DccD further down - fixed bug when running batch from root of a drive, see post by DccD further down.