Using command prompt batch files to move and automatically rename duplicate files - windows

Question

So, here's what I have: I created a small batch file to record the results of a ping test to a text file. What I want to do is run the batch file and move the results log to a specific folder on the Desktop automatically. Then, if the target filename exists, automatically rename accordingly. Meaning, if File1 exists, create File2, File3, so on and so forth. Here's what I have so far:
#echo off
color A
title Ping Test
:A
echo.
cls
ping google.com -n 4 > C:\Users\%username%\Desktop\pingresults.txt
cls
:Question
echo.
echo You can find the results in C:\Users\%username%\Desktop\pingresults.txt
echo Would you like to run this test again? (Y/N)
Set /p Choice=
if %choice% equ y goto :A
if %choice% equ n goto :Results
if %choice% neq y goto :Question
if %choice% neq n goto :Question
:Results
cls
echo Would you like to view the results of the test? (Y/N)
Set /p Choice=
if %choice% equ y goto :OpenResults
if %choice% equ n goto :Close
if %choice% neq y goto :Results
if %choice% neq n goto :Results
:Close
exit
:OpenResults
start C:\Users\%username%\Desktop\pingresults.txt
And the move batch file looks like this:
#echo off
echo.
cd C:\Users\Diesel\Desktop
move pingresults.txt PingResults\
if exist pingresults.txt ren pingresults.txt=+1
Exit.
I don't want to overwrite the existing file, but rename it in succession. I can't find any helpful articles anywhere using only batch files, they all say to use vbs or php, a language I'm not familiar with

Answer 1

To rename files to file1 [file2][...] and move it in a desktop folder:
#ECHO Off &SETLOCAL
FOR %%a IN (*.txt) DO CALL:processFile "%%~a"
goto:eof
:processFile
SETLOCAL
:loop
SET /a fileCounter+=1
SET "fileName=%~n1%filecounter%%~x1"
IF EXIST "C:\Users\%username%\Desktop\%fileName%" GOTO:loop
ECHO MOVE "%~1" "C:\Users\%username%\Desktop\%fileName%"
ENDLOCAL
goto:eof
Look at the output and remove the word echo before move if it looks good.

Answer 2

I have a pair of utility files that do this, so I can call from either command line, or another batch file. This manages several versions of the file in the same folder, and I would call it before moving your new file in.
Usage is:
archivefile 5 "c:\temp\songs" .txt [move]
Where 5 is the number of versions to keep.
The base file name in this example is "c:\temp\songs.txt"
and it creates (in c:\temp) 5 files: songs_1.txt songs_2.txt songs_3.txt songs_4.txt songs_5.txt
If you specify move it will move the original songs.txt otherwise it copies it.
Note, if you're using it from another batch file (which you'll probably want to), you need to use call or it won't return to your original batch file (both batch files will exit instead, which isn't what you want):
call archivefile 5 "c:\temp\songs" .txt
You need the pair of batch files to be either in the current directory, or on the windows path. Now I think about it, archivefile_b.bat could probably be a sub-routine within the main file instead, but it ain't broke, so I'm not going to fix it.
This is archivefile.bat:
#Echo off
rem archivefile.bat - keep a number of archives of a file
rem paramters: n rootfile extension [move|copy]
rem n = number of files to keep.
rem move|copy optional indicator to rename (move) the original file instead of copying it
rem archivefile 5 "c:\temp\songs" .txt [move]
rem
if "%3"=="" goto usage
set _af_n=%1
set _af_root=%2
set _af_ext=%3
set _af_move=copy
set _af_moveX=%4
if "%_af_moveX%"=="move" set _af_move=move
set _af_i=
set _af_j=
rem make sure that the first parameter (n) is numeric
set /A _af_n=%_af_n%
if "%_af_n%"=="0" echo Error: number of copies must be numeric (%1) & goto usage
if not exist %_af_root%%_af_ext% echo Error: cannot locate main file: %_af_root%%_af_ext% & goto error
rem remove the oldest file
if exist %_af_root%_%_af_n%%_af_ext% del %_af_root%_%_af_n%%_af_ext%
rem move up the remainder
for /L %%i in (%_af_n%, -1, 1) do call archivefile_b %%i %_af_root% %_af_ext%
rem copy the original
if "%_af_move%"=="move" goto moveIt
rem move not specified - make a copy
copy %_af_root%%_af_ext% %_af_root%_1%_af_ext%
goto moveCopyDone
:moveIt
rem need filename only for a rename
set _af_destfile=%_af_root%_1%_af_ext%
set _af_destfile=%_af_destfile:"=%
for %%i in (%_af_destfile%) do set _af_destfile=%%~ni%%~xi
ren %_af_root%%_af_ext% %_af_destfile%
:moveCopyDone
dir %_af_root%*%_af_ext%
goto done
:usage
echo usage: archivefile n rootfile extension
echo - n = number of archives to keep
echo - rootfile = the root filename
echo - extension = file extension
echo.
echo example:
echo archivefile 5 "c:\Documents and Settings\gregh\My Documents\Rescued document" .txt
goto done
:error
rem could maybe do something here? naa.
goto done
:done
This is archivefile_b.bat, which manages just one of the files:
rem #Echo off
rem archivefile_b.bat - helper for the archivefile routine
rem -- juggles ONE of the archive files.
rem paramters: n rootfile extension
rem n = the index to move from n to n+1
rem archivefile 5 "c:\temp\songs" .txt
rem therefore renames c:\temp\songs_5.txt to c:\temp\songs_6.txt
set _afb_n=%1
set _afb_root=%2
set _afb_ext=%3
rem make sure that the first parameter (n) is numeric
set /A _afb_n=%_afb_n%
if "%_afb_n%"=="0" echo Error: (archivefile_b) number of copies must be numeric (%1) & goto done
set /A _afb_j=%_afb_n%+1
rem define the file names
set _afb_fn=%_afb_root%_%_afb_n%%_afb_ext%
set _afb_fj=%_afb_root%_%_afb_j%%_afb_ext%
rem remove the quotes
set _afb_fn=%_afb_fn:"=%
set _afb_fj=%_afb_fj:"=%
rem can only supply a filename to the ren command (not path)
for %%i in (%_afb_fj%) do set _afb_fj=%%~ni%%~xi
rem do the rename now
if exist "%_afb_fn%" ren "%_afb_fn%" "%_afb_fj%"
:done