Question

I'm need to make a batch file that makes every text file in the current directory read only except the one specified in the command prompt. My teacher gave a hint and said use the for command to loop through all the files and use the if not command to check if each file is the one specified. I have no idea how to do this, can anyone help?

Answer 1

Here is a very simple solution.....

INP=$1
echo "Match this: $INP"
for x in `ls`
do

if [ $x != $INP ]; then
chmod 444 $x
fi

done