Batch File: Search All Directories Except These Directories

Question

I have a line of code that looks like this, which loads all immediate directory names into Variable A, then continues on through the rest of the loop.

for /d %%A in (*) do

How can I change this such that it skips over items in a pre-defined IgnoreList? For instance:

IgnoreList: Item 1, Item 2, Item 3...note that some Items will have spaces.

Answer 1

dir /b /ad c:\ |findstr /virxg:exclude.txt

where exclude.txt contains folders to ignore, one per line (wildcards possible with findstr REGEX):

Windows
Users
Program.*
Documents.*

If you want to do something with the results, your for loop could look like:

for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /ad c:\ ^|findstr /virxg:exclude.txt') do @echo %%a

Answer 2

@echo off 

for /D %%i in (c:\*)do echo\%%~fi|findstr /ive /c:\Php /c:\Users /c:%WinDir% /c:"c:\Program Files (x86)"

You can do this without additional file too with multiples /c:"Strings":

• /C:string Use string as a literal search string (may include spaces).:

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FINDSTR
Search for a text string in a file (or multiple files) unlike the simple FIND
command FINDSTR supports more complex regular expressions.
 
Syntax
FINDSTR string(s) [pathname(s)]
[/R] [/C:"string"] [/G:StringsFile] [/F:file] [/D:DirList]
[/A:color] [/OFF[LINE]] [options]
 
Key
string(s)    Text to search for, each word a separate search.
pathname(s)  The file(s) to search.
/C:string    Use string as a literal search string (may include spaces).
 
options can be any combination of the following switches:
 
/I   Case-insensitive search.
/V   Print only lines that do NOT contain a match.