Batch script loop through specific type of files in current directory and get the latest created and next latestcreated files and so on

Question

I have following script to loop through specific type of files and get information about date and time of their creation:

@echo off
setlocal

call :getCreationInfo
cmd /k

:getCreationInfo
for /f "skip=5 tokens=1,2,4,5* delims= " %%a in ('dir /a:-d /o:d /t:c *.bak') do (
    if "%%~c" NEQ "bytes" (
        echo(
        @echo File Name: %%~d
        @echo Absolute Path: %%~fd
        @echo Creation Date: %%~a
        @echo Creation Time: %%~b
        echo(
    )
)

But how do I order this list in descending, like latest created file first and then the next created file and then the next and store these in an array ?

I am stuck in this ordering thing, hoping anyone to help me out here.

Answer 1

Put a hyphen in the order clause as in /o:-d instead of /o:d. This worked for me in the command prompt screen.

Try this link for putting the results in an array: Create list or arrays in Windows Batch

@echo off
setlocal

call :getCreationInfo
cmd /k

:getCreationInfo
for /f "skip=5 tokens=1,2,4,5* delims= " %%a in ('dir /a:-d /o:-d /t:c *.bak') do (
    if "%%~c" NEQ "bytes" (
        echo(
        @echo File Name: %%~d
        @echo Absolute Path: %%~fd
        @echo Creation Date: %%~a
        @echo Creation Time: %%~b
        echo(
    )
)