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Default Opening many files sequentially

Greetings !

In a certain Folder I have a dozen text files all ending
with .ali. These files all have an identical format, but
different values.

I occassionally need to change one particular field in all
the files.

How do I perform the "FOR" loop to address each file in
turn ?

What I did as a stop-gap was to open a DOS window in that
folder, enter

DIR *.ali Junk

and then cut and paste the names from "Junk" into the
module code, each on a separate line.

I then put

myFile(x) = "

before each, and then changed the x to consecutive
numbers.

Then I put

For N = 1 to 12
ThisFile = myFile(N)
etc....

Tedious, I know, but it worked.

But "there must be a better way" .... ?
 
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