oscmd dir /b *.dta -
When I run the program - oscmd, no results appear in
the Results window. (If I type just dir /b *.dta, the
files are listed in the results window). A window
flashes for a second and disappears. The OS is
Windows.
Thanks!
--- Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> Karina Fortuny
> >
> > folder.
> > I can define an array:
> >
> > local array "file1 file2 file3 .... fileN"
> > and loop through the elements.
> >
> > But I do not want to type all the names (if there
> are
> > 50 or so; it's possible to make typos, and it's
> > difficult to audit).
> >
> > Is it possible to define the array without listing
> the
> > elements if the number of elements is known? Is it
> > possible if the number is not known?
> >
> > I'm currently using STATA 7, but might be
> upgrading to
> > STATA 8.
>
> Here there is
>
> 1. a general question about what I will call lists
> --
> the term "arrays" doesn't have a fixed meaning in
> Stata,
> so far as I know; perhaps there is some sense
> carried
> over here from use of Some Alternative Software
> which
> I don't know or use
>
> 2. a particular question about handling
> lists of files in a folder.
>
> 1. There are lots of tricks to handling lists,
> even in Stata 7. In Stata 8, there are even more.
> In either case, too many to list in an email.
>
> 2. Let me focus instead on files in a folder.
>
> What OS are you using? I guess Windows.
>
> Here is one idiosyncratic way to do this. I have
> a little program, which we may call "oscmd".
>
> program def oscmd
> version 7
> tempfile file
> ! `0' > `file'
> type `"`file'"'
> end
>
> How does this work? At what Windows XP calls
> the command prompt I can go
>
> dir /b *.dta
>
> to get a bare list of *.dta files in the
> current directory. But don't fire that up: stay
> in Stata. Install -oscmd- and type in Stata
>
> oscmd dir /b *.dta
>
> and a list of filenames will appear
> in your results window. Now copy and paste
> to the do file editor.
>
> > "The soul unfolds itself like a lotus of countess
> petals."
> > - Kahlil Gibran
>
> Shouldn't it be "countless"?
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
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