I need help regarding how to rename files automatically from a subfolders in the C:\temp_download which contains res_save.0 in those folders. I want to rename it as nvm_res.0 and then subsequently nvm_res.1... nvm_res.2. When copying them to the folder C:\temp, it keep replacing. Can you help me with the wildcards? the code is below.
for /R "C:\temp_download" %%f in (res_save.*) do xcopy "%%f" "C:\temp\num_res.*" /Y
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This might do what you need.
#echo off
set c=0
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /R "C:\temp_download" %%f in (res_save.*) do (
set /a c+=1
copy "%%f" "C:\temp\nvm_res.!c!" /Y >nul
)
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Situation:
I try to move files inside a loop in shell but my code is not working.
for /D %%F in (*) do (
if "%%F" NEQ "%directoryToPutFilesIn%" (
move /y "%%F" "%directoryToPutFilesIn%"
)
)
After hours of testing it, I realized it's because %%F is pointing to the folder, hence the file cannot be moved.
Bad solution:
The way I made it work and confirmed my suspicions is by saving the value of %%F in another variable and using that variable on next turn to move the file. Note, what is following needs an initialisation of %precedentFile% for the first turn.
for /D %%F in (*) do (
move /y "%precedentFile%" "%directoryToPutFilesIn%"
if "%%F" NEQ "%directoryToPutFilesIn%" (
move /y "%%F" "%directoryToPutFilesIn%"
set precedentFile=%%F
)
Problem:
This solution is not practical and feels wrongs. Is there a way to adapt my current code to do it, or simply another way?
Try below code to move files from one folder to another in batch script:
for /f %%a in ('dir /a:-D /b') do move /Y "%%~fa" "%directoryToPutFilesIn%"
Explanation :
dir /a:-D /b : This command will list all files in the directory
move /Y "%%~fa" "%directoryToPutFilesIn%" : This will move all files in the directory where this command is executed to the destination you have mentioned.
%%~fa : This command will get full qualified path of the file with it's name.
Try Below code Move directories :
Below command will move directories in the Path where this command is executed to the destination provided. In this that will be H:\ Drive, Change it accordingly
for /D %%b in (*) do move /Y "%%~fb" "H:\"
i am trying to remove prefix from all files in current folder and subfolders
i tryed following code which work only for current folder
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for %%F in (*) do (
set "FN=%%F"
set "FN=!FN:~15!"
ren "%%F" "!FN!"
)
goto :eof
Please Help me to solve this
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /a-d /s') do (
set "fname=%%~nxa"
set "fpath=%%~dpa"
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set "nname=!fname:~15!"
ren "!fpath!!fname!" "!nname!"
endlocal
)
This is the safe way to preserve exclamation marks.
If you are using windows 7, you could try this:
forfiles /s /c "cmd /c ren #file #fname"
It took me a bit of time to find, but suddenly I realised that the batch file was not working because it had renamed itself!.
If this becomes an issue you could try naming the batch file zzzzzzzzz.bat which I think would prevent it from renaming itself first.
Mona
Is it posible to copy and make directories automatically from file name substrings using Robocopy?
I mean i have files like these. LAJ00306130201004626.rc the first 8 chararacters are control number (LAJ00306=control number) this would be the name of the folder and the rest are the date and time (Date=130201) (time=004626).
LAJ00306130201004626.rc
LAJ00306130202004626.rc
LAJ00306130203004626.rc
LAJ00307130201004626.rc
LAJ00307130202004626.rc
and i would like to copy and create folders from the file name like under and copy the files mentioned before in the new folders.
LAJ00306
LAJ00307
I hope to be clear if necessary ask me for more information
try this, look at the output and remove the echos before MD and ROBOCOPY, if it looks good:
#ECHO OFF &SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
SET "sourcefolder=."
SET "targetfolder=X:\data"
CD /d "%sourcefolder%"
FOR %%a IN (*.rc) DO (
SET "fname=%%a"
SET "folder=!fname:~0,8!"
SET "$!folder!=1"
)
FOR /f "delims=$=" %%a IN ('set "$"') DO (
ECHO MD "%targetfolder%\%%a" 2>nul
ECHO ROBOCOPY "%sourcefolder%" "%targetfolder%\%%a" "%%a*.rc"
)
Set sourcefolder and targetfolder for your folder tree.
Try this:
#echo off
pushd "c:\source folder"
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for %%a in (*.rc) do (
set "name=%%a"
robocopy "%cd%" "%%a" "D:\target directory\!name:~0,8!"
)
popd
Answers to your questions are:
pushd "drive:\path" makes the location the current working directory.
popd restores the last working directory
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion allows you to change and use variables within a loop, using the !variable! syntax.
If your 2000 files are in a single folder then it should work - but test it on some sample files first so that you can see how it will work.
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
SET "sourcedir=."
SET "destdir=c:\destdir"
FOR /f "tokens=1*delims=_" %%i IN (
'dir /b /a-d "%sourcedir%\*_*."'
) DO XCOPY /b "%sourcedir%\%%i_%%j" "%destdir%\%%i\"
GOTO :EOF
This should accomplish the task described. You'd need to set up the source and destination directories to suit, of course. Add >nul to the end of the XCOPY line to suppress 'copied' messages.
I have a directory with thousands of subdirectories that contain their own subdirectories that need to be renamed. I'm using a Windows 7 machine that I do not have Administrator rights for so I can't download a simple program to do this for me.
Right now I have a test directory C:\test with a few subdirectories that have subdirectories named old that I am trying to change to new using a batch file.
Just to be clear I want the following:
C:\test\1\old
C:\test\2\old
C:\test\3\old
to become
C:\test\1\new
C:\test\2\new
C:\test\3\new
Thank you for any help you can provide.
Here's what I came up with quickly. I ran a quick test locally and it seemed to do what you're asking for:
#echo off
FOR /D %%D IN ("C:\test\*") DO CALL :RENAME %%D
:RENAME
SET CRITERIA=\old
FOR /D %%R IN (%1%CRITERIA%) DO RENAME %%R "new"
Save that to a bat file and give it a shot. Hopefully that helps.
Justin's answer was really helpful for my similar problem, though by default it only handled a simpler pattern for \A\B\C where A is a base directory, B is some undetermined directory and C is the directory you seek.
I modifed his script to recurse the base directory A through any number of layers until it finds C.
Here's the script, written to expect command line paramers:
#echo off
set BASEDIR=%1
SET CRITERIA=\%2
SET REPLACENAME=%3
call :FindDirs %BASEDIR%
GOTO END
:FindDirs
FOR /D %%F IN ("%1\*") DO CALL :RENAME %%F
GOTO:EOF
:RENAME
REM echo DIR=%1
FOR /D %%R IN ("%1%CRITERIA%") DO (
if EXIST %%R RENAME %%R "%REPLACENAME%"
)
call :FindDirs %1
GOTO:EOF
I have a folder that has a bunch of files such image_hello.png, helloworld.png, wired.png. I would like to copy these files and then rename them as 1.png, 2.png, 3.png via script or batch file
I am not sure what the best way to start this is, i can copy over the files easily, but after that, i am not sure how to rename them based on the extension.
Any ideas?
Something like this:
#echo off
SET count=1
FOR /f "tokens=*" %%G IN ('dir /b *.png') DO (call :rename_next "%%G")
GOTO :eof
:rename_next
ren "%1" %count%.png
set /a count+=1
GOTO :eof
Take a look here:
http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-xp/batch-file-to-renumber-files-in-folders/181900.html
Something along these lines should work (note: don't have Windows to test):
set n=1
for %%i in (*.png) do (
call ren %%i %%n%%.pn_
set /a n=n+1)
ren *.pn_ *.png
Note that if you only want to do it once, you can use Explorer, as per here:
http://www.mediacollege.com/computer/file/batch-rename/windows-xp.html
or some other utilities, like the one mentioned in the first link:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/bfrenamer.html