How to get folder name from provided input path with CMD

Question

I have the input path as C:\Student\Temp in the Temp folder, there will be many other folders. I want to get the latest folder name order by descending.

What do you mean by latest folder name - latest folder by creation or by usage ? — royki
– royki, Commented Jul 23, 2015 at 17:33
by folder name, all folders names are with name as " created time" — PRK
– PRK, Commented Jul 23, 2015 at 17:36

npocmaka · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-23 18:14:38Z

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@echo off

for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%# in ('dir /b /a:d /o:d /t:c "C:\Student\Temp"') do set "latest=%%~nx#"

edited Jul 23, 2015 at 18:14

answered Jul 23, 2015 at 17:41

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Little Santi Over a year ago

You should add the extension format (set "latest=%%~nx#"), for the case that some folder has no name and only extension.

PRK Over a year ago

How to print the folder name from the result, to verify the batch is working

npocmaka Over a year ago

@Gani echo %latest%

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