I need to set up a batch file that will copy files from a preset directory, several layers down, organized into a folder in the current directory using batch files.
The file structure looks something like this,
AAA
--0001
----textures
------file1.tga
------file2.tga
------file3.tga
--0002
----materials ...
--0003
----textures ...
--0004
----scripts ... etc
--0005 ...
--0006 ...
BBB
--0001 ... etc
---textures ... etc
CCC ...
DDD ... etc
I want to move each textures, materials, models (etc.) folders into a single folder beneath the parent item (eg. AAA) so that the folder structure then looks like this, with all sub-files in tact,
AAA
--textures
--materials
--models
--scripts
I've been trying to use a code similar to this, with no success as of yet,
for /d %%a in ('dir /b .\AAA*\textures') do copy "%%a" ".\AAA"
Whereas the wildcard would go between 'AAA' and 'textures' folders. The same would apply for every other 2nd-generation sub-folder.
I just tried another version of the command which moved the files, but not the folder. I'm launching the batch file from within the "AAA" folder.
for /d %%a in (0001) do copy "%%a" "."
I think the issue is not knowing how to properly input directory wildcards into the "for" command, which could be a very simple fix.
Any help would be greatly appreciated beyond measure.
Put this code in a .bat file, and run it inside your AAA directory
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /b') do robocopy %%a . /s /move
for /f "tokens=*" means that all the returned values by 'dir /b' will be processed
dir \b will list the directory in bare format
robocopy is the main command, that will do the copy job.
source %%a is the variable containing the iterated subfolder name {0001\textures, 0002\materials, ...}
destination . means copy to the working directory, which is AAA in our case
option /s to search subdirectories
option /move to move instead of copy
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I have a folder Target contains multiple folders,
each folder contains one file with the same name of the folder
I want to move the files in folders Part1,Part2,Part3,Part4 and Part5
to parent folder ("Target" in this case) using cmd then delete the folders.
The result should be like that :
In Linux i could've used mv Part*\*.* ..
I've tried copy "Part*\*" "" command,
but it doesn't work.
Use a For loop. The key to getting directory names in this code is "dir /a:d" which only lists directories. I put that into the %%a variable. Use %~dp0 to refer to the directory the batch file is in. If your bat is somewhere else, do a find and replace all for that to the directory path you need. Lastly use RMDIR to remove each folder with /q /s to make it silent and remove all files within the directory (part1 part2 etc...) and the directories themselves.
#echo off
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in ('dir /a:d /b "%~dp0"') do (
copy "%~dp0%%a\*.*" "%~dp0"
RMDIR /q /s "%~dp0%%a"
)
In the Windows Command Prompt, copy "Part*\*" "" cannot work, because wildcards are only permitted in the last element of a path but not somewhere in the middle.
To work around this, use a for /D loop to resolve wildcards in Part*, then let copy deal with the remaining ones:
for /D %I in ("Part*") do #copy "%~I\*" ".."
To move the files rather than to copy, simply replace copy by move. If you want to remove empty sub-directories then, append rd using &&:
for /D %I in ("Part*") do #move "%~I\*" ".." && #rd "%~I"
To use the above code fragments in a batch-file, ensure to double all the %-signs.
I am new to windows batch scripting .. please help on this scenario
I have file structures as below ::
dir1:
c:\workspace\changeset\com\folder
subfolder1
one.java
subfolder-2
two.java
dir2:
c:\workspace\target\class\com\folder
subfolder1
one.class
subfolder2
two.class
Subfolder3
three.class
Need to find and replace dir1 files in respective subfolders i.e one.java and two.java from dir2 files i.e one.class and two.class ( need to replace certain .java files with .class files from specific folder )
much appreciated for your help.
Thanks
Arjun
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /a-d "c:\workspace\changeset\com\folder\*.java"') do (
if exist "c:\workspace\target\class\com\folder\%%~na.class" (
echo copy "c:\workspace\target\class\com\folder\%%~na.class" "c:\workspace\changeset\com\folder\%%a")
)
The required COPY commands are merely ECHOed for testing purposes. After you've verified that the commands are correct, change ECHO COPY to COPY to actually copy the files. Append >nul to suppress report messages (eg. 1 file copied)
Note that execution directly from the prompt and as lines with a batch file are different. The metavariable (loop-control variable) %%x must be referenced as %%x for a batch line and %x if executed from the command prompt. Since it makes little sense to repeatedly execute a line containing a for from the prompt (it's easier to create a batch file), I post the batch-file version. User's responsibility to adjust for direct-from-prompt if desired.
Read each filename in /b basic form /a-d without directories and assign the filename+extension to %%a.
If a file in the other directory called thenamepartofthefile.class exists, then copy that file to the first directory.
Please post the entire problem to be solved. The approach can change radically, as in this case.
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
SET "sourcedir1=U:\sourcedir\changeset"
SET "sourcedir2=U:\sourcedir\target"
FOR /f "delims=" %%a IN (
'dir /b /s /a-d "%sourcedir1%\*.java" '
) DO (
SET "javadir=%%~dpa"
SET "classfile=!javadir:%sourcedir1%=%sourcedir2%!%%~na.class"
IF EXIST !classfile! ECHO COPY "!classfile!" "%%a"
)
GOTO :EOF
You would need to change the settings of sourcedir1 and sourcedir2 to suit your circumstances.
Essentially, the same approach and the same comments re messages. The difference is that this procedure uses files and subdirectories in the dir list and substitutes the first part of the directoryname in deriving the expected name of the .class file.
I have a lot of image files in a folder structure like this:
/Foldername1 (hohe Auflösung)/PictureRANDOMNAME1-FB.jpg
/Foldername1 (hohe Auflösung)/PictureRANDOMNAME2-FB.jpg
[...]
/Foldername2 (hohe Auflösung)/PictureRANDOMNAME1-SW.jpg
/Foldername2 (hohe Auflösung)/PictureRANDOMNAME2-SW.jpg
[...]
/Foldername3 (hohe Auflösung)/PictureRANDOMNAME1-SP.jpg
/Foldername3 (hohe Auflösung)/PictureRANDOMNAME2-SP.jpg
[...]
Now I have a filelist.txt with a list of some of these image files, like this:
PictureRANDOMNAME1, PictureRANDOMNAME3, [...]
I would like to copy all images matching the string(s) in the text file list out of all subfolders to a new destination (not moving them) while keeping the folder structure.
Maybe I need a batch file that I just copy into the main folder with all the subfolders, together with a filelist.txt, execute it and get the same folder structure but only with the wanted files on another destination.
Special about this might be the spaces in the paths and the umlauts.
Sorry for my bad english. I honestly tried my best. Maybe some native speaker could help editing to be more understandable.
#echo off
setlocal
:: This copies the tree structure from sourcedir to destdir
xcopy /t /e sourcedir destdir
:: This reads the filenames and copies the required files
for /f "delims=" %%a in (filelist.txt) do (
for %%b in (%%a) do xcopy /s /e sourcedir\%%b* destdir
)
%%a acquires the lines from the file. Since each line is comma-separated, %%b will execute xcopy on each name on the line.
You could add >nul to the end of the xcopy lines to suppress reporting if you like.
Please note that / indicates a switch in winbatch - \ is the directory-separator.
This procedure is untested. I suggest you try it against a small dummy subdirectory tree to verify it before relying on it for your live data.
I have got several image files in one folder sharing the same filename but have a different suffix
i.e:
textures\texture_suffix.dds
textures\texture_suffix1.dds
...
textures\texture_suffix10.dds
Using a batch I want to create subfolders named Texture.Suffix, Texture.Suffix2 based on the suffix of the files under textures, then move the respective file into its subfolder and rename it 'texture.dds'.
Can this be done using batch file?
Thanks for any help.
cd textures
for /f %%i in ('dir /b /s') do (
md %%~ni
move %%i %%~ni\ )
pause
write these tags in a bat file and run the bat file in the same directory that includes textures directory
I did lots of search however i couldnt achieve what i want to do :
I have a folder which contains lots of folders and files under it. I just want to copy entire JPEG files in this folder to another folder without copying previous path tree.
I used this batch command like that :
for /r "C:\source" %%f in ("*.JPG") do #copy %%f "C:\dest" /Y
It works some files which dont contain any space in the name of files. However, it doesnt work files which contains space in file name like that :
it can find and copy "aabb.JPEG"
it can not copy "aa bb.JPEG"
any solutions?
The following works great for me
#ECHO OFF
FOR /R "c:\source" %%F IN (*.jpg) DO (
copy "%%F" "c:\dest\" /Y
)