Batch files: List all files in a directory with relative paths

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The simplest (but not the fastest) way to iterate a directory tree and list relative file paths is to use FORFILES.

forfiles /s /m *.txt /c "cmd /c echo @relpath"

The relative paths will be quoted with a leading .\ as in 

".\Doc1.txt"
".\subdir\Doc2.txt"
".\subdir\Doc3.txt"

To remove quotes:

for /f %%A in ('forfiles /s /m *.txt /c "cmd /c echo @relpath"') do echo %%~A

To remove quotes and the leading .\:

setlocal disableDelayedExpansion
for /f "delims=" %%A in ('forfiles /s /m *.txt /c "cmd /c echo @relpath"') do (
  set "file=%%~A"
  setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
  echo !file:~2!
  endlocal
)

or without using delayed expansion

for /f "tokens=1* delims=\" %%A in (
  'forfiles /s /m *.txt /c "cmd /c echo @relpath"'
) do for %%F in (^"%%B) do echo %%~F

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