Writing a batch file to move cluttered files into respective folders - batch-file

Question

I have the following batch file code which when run in a folder, checks the file extension, creates the folder against the file extension and finally moves the file into folder name with extension name i.e. it will create .gif folder to move all gifs into it and .jpg folder to move all jpg's into it and so on.
I have no expertise in writing a batch file but all I need is to change this code in such a way that all file may go into the folders in such a way that all image file should go in "Images" folder, all video files in "Videos", all documents files (pdf,docs,xls etc.) in Docs folder, all Audio files should be in Audio folder and so on......
Can anybody help???
#echo off
rem For each file in your folder
for %%a in (".\*") do (
rem check if the file has an extension and if it is not our script
if "%%~xa" NEQ "" if "%%~dpxa" NEQ "%~dpx0" (
rem check if extension folder exists, if not it is created
if not exist "%%~xa" mkdir "%%~xa"
rem Move the file to directory
move "%%a" "%%~dpa%%~xa\"
))
#compo The file types with respect to categories are as follows: -
Docs
.docs,docx,xls,pdf
Video
.avi,.mpeg,.mp4
Audio
.mp3,.wma
Image
.jpg,.bmp,.gif
and so on......
The category name should actually the folder name.

Answer 1

Since your listing is small you could probably just add the information to your script file instead of a separate file:
#For /F "Tokens=1*Delims=:" %%A In ('FindStr/B : %0'
) Do #RoboCopy/MOV . "%%A"%%B>Nul
#Exit/B
:Docs: *.doc *.docx *.xls *.pdf
:Video: *.avi *.mpeg *.mp4
:Audio: *.mp3 *.wma
:Image: *.jpg *.bmp *.gif
Edit the last four lines as necessary, it should be self-explanatory to do so.
Edit
Using a separate file, FileCats.txt:
Docs: *.doc *.docx *.xls *.pdf
Video: *.avi *.mpeg *.mp4
Audio: *.mp3 *.wma
Image: *.jpg *.bmp *.gif
...and the batch file, Categorise.cmd:
#For /F "UseBackQTokens=1*Delims=:" %%A In ("FileCats.txt"
) Do #RoboCopy/MOV . "%%A"%%B>Nul
Make sure there's a space after the :

Answer 2

#echo off
for %%s in (Images Videos Docs Audio) do md .\%%s 2>nul
rem For each file in your folder
for %%a in (".\*") do (
set "moved="
rem check if the file has an extension and if it is not our script
if "%%~xa" NEQ "" if "%%~dpxa" NEQ "%~dpx0" (
for %%s in (pdf doc xls) do if /i "%%~xa"==".%%s" set "moved=Y"&move "%%a" ".\Docs\"
for %%s in (mpg avi) do if /i "%%~xa"==".%%s" set "moved=Y"&move "%%a" ".\Videos\"
IF NOT DEFINED moved (
rem check if extension folder exists, if not it is created
if not exist "%%~xa" mkdir "%%~xa"
rem Move the file to directory
move "%%a" "%%~dpa%%~xa\"
)
)
)
Note : MD ... 2>nul suppresses the error message when the directory can't be created (because it already exists)
First, create the directories to hold the collections.
For each file, first set moved to nothing (ie. "clear" it so it's undefined)
Then check the extension in a case-insensitive manner (/i) against a list of extensions to be placed in the collection. If you find a match, set moved to some value (like Y) and move to the appropriate collection. After all collection lists have ben examined, if moved is still`nothing (ie not defined) then move the file to the directory as determined by the extension.
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