I would like to append my folder name to all the available .txt files inside a subfolder. Below is the file/directory structure. I need to achieve this in Windows BATCH script.
C:\Source\Source1\1\a.txt C:\Source\Source1\1\b.txt
C:\Source\Source1\2\a.txt C:\Source\Source1\2\b.txt
C:\Source\Source2\3\a.txt C:\Source\Source2\3\b.txt
The above files should be renamed like below:
C:\Source\Source1\1\1_a.txt C:\Source\Source1\1\1_b.txt
C:\Source\Source1\2\2_a.txt C:\Source\Source1\2\2_b.txt
C:\Source\Source2\3\3_a.txt C:\Source\Source2\3\3_b.txt
Similary, I have Source1...Source30 and under each source directory, I will have multiple folders with different numbers. I need to rename all the files under these directories and append the number(directory name) to the file name.
So far below is what I wrote:
for %%* in (.) do set CurrDirName=%%~nx*
echo %CurrDirName%
for /r %%x in (*.txt) do ren "%%x" "%CurrDirName%_%%x"
With this, I am able to achieve it in a single directory. I couldn't make it recursive. Could you guys please help me with this.
#echo OFF
SETLOCAL EnableExtensions
for /F "delims=" %%G in ('dir /B /S "C:\Source\*.txt"') do (
for %%g in ("%%~dpG.") do ECHO rename "%%~fG" "%%~nxg_%%~nxG"
)
pause
where the FOR loops are:
outer %%G loop creates a static list of .txt files (recursively), and
inner %%g loop gets the parent folder of every particular file.
The rename command is merely displayed using ECHO for debugging purposes. To make it operational, remove word ECHO (no sooner than debugged).
Moreover, I'd consider checking whether a particular file is already renamed…
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I have about a few thousand files in a folder. Each filename has a few different version's of the file so for example. tree.blue, tree.green, tree.orange, cat.black, cat.green,cat.white.
what i would like to do is have a .bat file to put all tree or any word before the "." to auto create a directory and add any file related to tree for example in it as well as for all the other filenames without specifying the word.Currently I have found code on here which almost does it but have to specify the keyword in the code for it to work.
Assuming each file is in the same format, something like this would work:
pushd "path_to_folder"
for /f "tokens=1* delims=." %%g in ('dir /b') do (
if not exist "%CD%\%%g" #echo md "%%g"
#echo copy "%CD%\%%g.%%h" "%CD%\%%g\%%g.%%h"
)
popd
You can remove the #echo once you confirm the system will be creating the right directory name and copying the files to the right location.
First of all, I am a total beginner. I was trying an ultimate script bat file solution for a game. To not annoy you with details, let me tell you what I tried to do.
Example:
I have 17 files. 10 of them are .jpg and 7 of them are .obj files.
The images are in path \mods\images and the objects are in path \mods\models.
I want to list all 17 missing files in a list.txt
The bat file will read that list, search for the files and paste them into the TTSmissing folder
and here are my problems:
The bat script only looks exactly into the source path, but not into subfolders (that's why I wrote \mods\images\, to test if it works) so
what I basically want is: \Tabletop Simulator\Mods\ as source path and
the script shall look into all subfolders, too.
The list.txt only works, when the filenames also have their extensions. is it possible to change the script so i don't need the extension? so it will only look for names and copy the files? (example: the names in the list have to be like: hello123.jpg. It's not working when its only hello123.)
How do I need to change the bat script if i don't want a list.txt but just put the list of files right into the bat file?
#echo off
mkdir %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\TTSmissing
set src_folder=%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Tabletop Simulator\Mods\Images
set dst_folder=%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\TTSmissing
set file_list=%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\list.txt
for /f "tokens=*" %%i in (%file_list%) DO (
xcopy /S/E "%src_folder%\%%i" "%dst_folder%"
)
pause
#echo off
setlocal
set "src_folder=%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Tabletop Simulator\Mods"
set "dst_folder=%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\TTSmissing"
set "file_list=%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\list.txt"
set "ext_list=.gif .jpeg .jpg .mp4 .obj .pdf .png .webm"
if not exist "%dst_folder%" md "%dst_folder%"
for /d /r "%src_folder%\" %%A in (*) do (
pushd "%%~A" && (
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%B in ("%file_list%") do (
for %%C in (%ext_list%) do (
if exist "%%~B%%~C" (
echo copy /y "%%~B%%~C" "%dst_folder%\"
)
)
)
popd
)
)
You just want to copy files so copy is easier to use than xcopy. The code will echo the copy command to test whether it is working how you want it. If satisfied, remove the echo in front of copy and run the code again to do the actual copy process.
A for /d /r loop will recursively iterate the subdirectories in %src_folder%. pushd will change the current directory to each subdirectory so as can work relative to the source files.
The for /f loop will iterate each line from %file_list%. The simple for loop will iterate each of %ext_list%. If current "name.extension" exists, it will be copied to %dst_folder%.
If you set variables names in a script, it is usually a good idea to use setlocal to keep the variables defined local to the script.
To view help for a command, use command /?. This will work for many of commands used in the code.
View command /? help for copy, for, if, setlocal ...
I am trying to find specific files within a folder and its sub-folders and copy them to a new folder. I used to use this batch file for this purpose but now I get this error :
The system cannot find the file specified.
Here's the batch-file content:
pushd "\\internal.company.com\path\"
md myfile
FOR /R "\\internal.company.com\path\" %%G in (prefix_myfile*) do copy %%G "\\internal.company.com\path\myfile"
Any input is appreciated.
UPDATE
I tried printing %%G like this:
FOR /R "\\internal.company.com\path\" %%G in (prefix_myfile*) do echo %%G
and it works well. The problem arises with copy command which cannot read %%G as an argument.
I'd change to
... copy "%%G" ...
which would cater for spaces in %%G.
Perhaps you should determine whether the problem is with the for/r or %%G. If you simply display %%G with an echo %%G command, then you may see some problem. If it still won't run, then the for /r is the problem.
Since you are pushding to the appropriate directory, there is no need to specify the target directory in the for/r. It can be omitted or replaced by .
or perhaps echo %cd% directly after the pushd to show whether the pushd is the cause of the problem.
I realized that this would work for me (executed in cmd). However, it is plausible because I don't have any *.txt file in the main directory. Not the best solution but a workaround.
pushd "\\internal.company.com\path\"
rem first copy the desired files (text files) to the main-folder
for /f "tokens=*" %f in ('dir /a:-D /s /b myfile*') do copy "%f"
rem then make a new-folder and move them to there
md myfile
move *.txt "\\internal.company.com\path\myfile"
Note: if you want to execute this as a batch file, you need to use %%f instead of %f.
This will copy the files into main folder and then moves them into the desired sub-folder.
I've searched high and low for a solution to this problem but have so far drawn a blank. I'm fairly new to batch scripts, so apologies if this turns out to be a stupid question.
I have a list of sql filenames in a .txt file which I would like to merge into a single sql script. The .txt file and the .bat file are in one subdirectory of a root location, and the sql scripts are in a separate subdirectory like so:
root\
batch files\
.bat
.txt
views\
.sql
I can read the file names out the .txt file quite happily and pass them to a subroutine using this:
for /f %%d in (IncludeList.txt) do call :Include_List "%%d"
goto :eof
The part that is causing me problems is the :Include_List subroutine. I need to be able to search the views\ subdirectory for each specified filename and then copy the content of it into a new script.
I tried the following, which I think is the nearest I've got it to working, without it actually working:
:Include_List
for /r %%f in ('DIR /B /S ..\Views\vw*.sql ^| find /i %~1') do type %%f >> _All_views.sql
It seems to be treating each part of this ('DIR /B /S ..\Views\vw*.sql ^| find /i %~1') as a filename and then failing to find any of them. It's also checking inside the batch files\ directory and not the views\ directory.
One additional requirement, is that this is part of a larger batch file, which would need to continue processing after the files had been looped through and written to the newly created _all_views.sql file.
Is what I am trying to achieve even possible with a batch file? Or am I just going to have to manually add each required file into the batch file like this
type ..\Views\[filename].sql >> _All_views.sql
Based on wOxxOm's answer my final solution is as follows:
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /f %%d in (IncludeList.txt) do (
for /f "delims=" %%f in ('DIR /B /S ..\Views\vw*.sql ^| find /i "%%d"') do type %%f >> _All_views.sql
)
I did away with the subroutine as it was causing issues when placed inside a larger batch file, but a nested for loop works perfectly for what I need.
I am trying to find a way to create a Windows batch script that will look at a target folder full of .pdf files and move (or copy) them to another directory with existing subfolders based on the filename.
The files and folders are names of actual people. I want to be able to get that person's pdf into their existing folder using a script.
Say I have 2 files in my folder; smithJohn015.pdf and thomasBill030.pdf.
I would like to be able to put smithJohn015.pdf into folder SmithJohn and thomasBill030.pdf into folder ThomasBill.
I don't want the script to create new folders or overwrite existing files if there's a duplicate filename.
I'm not necessarily looking for anyone to write a script for me, but if anyone can just get me started in the right direction it would be appreciated.
Try modifying this answer for your evil purposes.
#echo off
setlocal
pushd "c:\path\to\PDFs"
for /d %%I in (c:\Path\To\People\*) do (
for %%F in (*) do (
for /f %%A in ('echo %%~nF ^| find /i "%%~nI"') do (
set /p a="Moving %%F to %%I... "<NUL
move "%%F" "%%I" >NUL
echo Done.
)
)
)
popd
You'll need to add a check for if not exist pdffile before the move, but there's a starting direction for you anyway.
The following assumes the target subfolders' location contains only the subfolders where the PDFs may go and that every PDF that you want to move has a name formatted as the corresponding subfolder's name followed by exactly three characters (same as in your examples):
#ECHO OFF
FOR /D %%D IN ("D:\path\to\subfolders\*") DO (
MOVE "D:\path\to\PDFs\%%~nD???.pdf" "%%D"
)
Or as a one-liner to execute directly at the command prompt:
FOR /D %D IN ("D:\path\to\subfolders\*") DO (MOVE "D:\path\to\PDFs\%~nD???.pdf" "%D")
folderlist.txt contains all names of folders in which you want to copy respective PDFs.
xcopy is copy command. format xcopy "source" "destination" /parameters.
pause is just to keep command window on
for /F "tokens=*" %%A in (folderlist.txt) do (
xcopy "E:\path\to\source folder\<prefix>%%A<suffix>.pdf" "E:\path\to\destination folder\<prefix>%%A<suffix>\" /s)
pause
You can use wildcards in source & destination paths.