How can I use a .bat file to remove specific tokens from the PATH environment variable?

Question

I am writing an uninstallation script, so I would like to \'undo\' modifications the installation made to the system. In achieving this goal, I would like to parse the

Answer 1

This command only outputs the first token, and no subsequent tokens are echoed.

FOR /F "delims=;" %%A IN (%TEMP_PATH%) DO ECHO %%A 

How can I loop through an unknown number of tokens and work with each one?

Use the following batch file.

SplitPath.cmd:

@echo off
setlocal
for %%a in ("%path:;=";"%") do (
  echo %%~a
  )
endlocal

Example Output:

F:\test>path
PATH=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\apps\WSCC\Sysinternals Suite;C:\apps\WSCC\NirSoft Utilities

F:\test>splitpath
C:\Windows\system32
C:\Windows
C:\Windows\System32\Wbem
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\
C:\apps\WSCC\Sysinternals Suite
C:\apps\WSCC\NirSoft Utilities

Notes:

• Modify the for loop as appropriate to implement the rest of your pseudocode.

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Further Reading

• An A-Z Index of the Windows CMD command line - An excellent reference for all things Windows cmd line related.
• for - Conditionally perform a command several times.
• variable edit/replace - Edit and replace the characters assigned to a string variable.