icacls batch file multiple directories with wildcards help needed

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Published on 2012-08-21T00:37:27Z Indexed on 2013/06/27 22:24 UTC
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I have written the following batch file that does a great job combing through all folders beginning with the number 3 and applying folder permissions to any 2010 subfolder. Example of the batch filesis below:

for /D %%f in (D:\Data\3*) do icacls "%%f\2010" /inheritance:r /grant:r "Domain Admins":(OI)(CI)F

Question : How can I improve this script to allow for me to apply the permissions to a specific folder below ANY folder within the folders beginning with 3?

here is an example of my failed attempt:

for /D %%f in (D:\Data\3*) do icacls "%%f*\specificfolder" /inheritance:r /grant:r "Domain Admins":(OI)(CI)F

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