It took around 4.5 seconds to find 2 identical search.bat files in different directories using s*.bat as the search pattern.

I would like to fix it to where it searches without the search pattern being hard coded into the batch file.

I recall using %1.

:: Search.bat Dave Benham, mousio, Magnum,skywalker,
::

cls
@echo off
echo.
echo Timer has started.
echo.
call :StartTimer
::
:: Add your script functionality here
::
@echo off
setlocal disableDelayedExpansion
set "searchRoot=."
set "fileMask=s*.bat"

set "prior=noMatch"
for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=?" %%A in (
'(for /r "%searchRoot%" %%F in ("%fileMask%"^) do @echo %%~zF:%%~nxF?%%~fF^)^|sort'
) do (
set "current=%%A"
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
if !prior! equ !current! (
if defined priorFile (
echo(
echo !priorFile!
)
endlocal
echo %%B
set "priorFile="
) else (
endlocal
set "prior=%%A"
set "priorFile=%%B"
)
)

call :StopTimer
call :DisplayTimerResult
pause
goto :EOF

:StartTimer
:: Store start time
set StartTIME=%TIME%
for /f "usebackq tokens=1-4 delims=:., " %%f in (`echo %StartTIME: =0%`) do set /a Start100S=1%%f*360000+1%%g*6000+1%%h*100+1%%i-36610100
goto :EOF

:StopTimer
:: Get the end time
set StopTIME=%TIME%
for /f "usebackq tokens=1-4 delims=:., " %%f in (`echo %StopTIME: =0%`) do set /a Stop100S=1%%f*360000+1%%g*6000+1%%h*100+1%%i-36610100
:: Test midnight rollover. If so, add 1 day=8640000 1/100ths secs
if %Stop100S% LSS %Start100S% set /a Stop100S+=8640000
set /a TookTime=%Stop100S%-%Start100S%
set TookTimePadded=0%TookTime%
goto :EOF

:DisplayTimerResult
:: Show timer start/stop/delta
echo Started: %StartTime%
echo Stopped: %StopTime%
echo Elapsed: %TookTime:~0,-2%.%TookTimePadded:~-2% seconds
goto :EOF