Can't get DOS "for" loop to return full filenames with spaces

[hatred]

I want to setup a dos batch file in XP to decode all the mp3 files in a directory using a "for" loop. I am not able to figure out how to get the "for" command to return anything beyond the first space in a filename. To simplify things, I tried this right in the Command Windows:

Th is directory contains files "a 1.mp3", "b 1.mp3" and "c 1.mp3". I enter:

for /f usebackq %f IN (`dir /b *.mp3`) do dir "%f"

The resulting echoed commands are

dir "a"
dir "b"
dir "c"

and of course the resulting directory listings are empty.

So `dir /b *.mp3` is producing the list of full filenames, but the "for" command is just passing along the filenames up to the first space.

What else is to be done? Thanks

[.:MUNDITO:.]

Can you try to only switch from "DOS" to Command Prompt" to avoid being corrected and having the diffs explained to you.

[Jeffrey]

Well, in the current directory try to do the below:
for %f in (*.txt) do echo "%f"

In a specified directory:
for %f in (C:\FolderName\*.txt) do echo "%f"
for %f in ("C:\Folder Name\*.txt") do echo "%f"

No quotes in echoed results:
for %f in ("C:\Folder Name\*.txt") do echo %f

[Coolestman]

You can also try to do it in 2 parts, just follow the below suggestions:
dir /b *.mp3 >C:\mp3list.txt
for /f "usebackq delims=" %A in (c:\mp3list.txt) do echo "%A"

You can also use FOR /R if you want to recurse through folders:
for /r C:\windows\ %a in (*.txt) do echo %a