Search for substring in folder names - batch-file

Question

I hope someone can help me with my problem.
There is a directory containing folders for every order, e.g.
L:\Med_Department\Orders\
L:\Med_Department\Orders\T0012345_AB100_CustomerA_site2
L:\Med_Department\Orders\T0012346_CD350-CustomerB site1
...
How can I get the full name of a folder by searching for the order number.
When I enter the order number for example:
T0012345
,
I want the script to store
T0012345_AB100_CustomerA_site2
in a variable so I can use it to create the folder for my new project instead of the order number.
The order number is unique and has the format Txxxxxxx . The rest of the folder name can be separated by underscore, blank space or other characters.
If the order number is not found (e.g. order number not entered correctly) the user should enter the order number again.
This is what I achieved so far.
I enter the order number and the script copies a template folder into my projects directory with the order number as folder name.
#Echo off
rem directories
set template= "N:\Documentation\New_folder_OrderNo-Type-Customer-site"
set dirOrder= "L:\Med_Department\Orders\"
SET dirProjects= "Z:\Projects\2016\"
rem input Order No.
echo Please enter the order number?
echo.
set /p OrderNo=OrderNo:
rem target directory
set dirNewProject=%dirProjects%%OrderNo%\
echo %dirnewProject%
pause
rem copy content from template into target directory
xcopy %template% %dirNewProject% /S /E /C /H /O /R /Y /D /V
rem open target directory
explorer %dirNewProject%
;exit
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

something like this:
#Echo off
rem directories
set template= "N:\Documentation\New_folder_OrderNo-Type-Customer-site"
set dirOrder = "L:\Med_Department\Orders\"
SET dirProjects= "Z:\Projects\2016\"
:again
rem input Order No.
echo Please enter the order number?
echo.
set /p OrderNo=OrderNo:
if not exist "%dirOrder%%OrderNo%\" (
echo order %OrderNo% not found
goto :again
)
:: the rest of the script
:: ...
?

Answer 2

use a for to get the output of a command. Use dir with proper switches to do a wildcard search (Note: with dir wildcards do only work within the very last element of a path).
:again
set /p "OrderNo=OrderNo: "
set "folder=none"
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /s /ad /b %dirOrder%%OrderNo%*') do set folder=%%a
if %folder% == none goto :again
echo found: %folder%
see for /? and dir /? for details

Answer 3

You can simply use for /D against the pattern %OrderNo%*. If there is folder whose name starts with %OrderNo% (there should be one only, if I got it right), dirNewProject is going to hold its path; if there is none, the variable is going to be empty. You can chek if [not] defined dirNewProject afterwards and jump to a :LABEL contitionally:
rem (skipping data entry part of script)
rem directory
set "dirNewProject="
for /D %%I in ("%dirProjects%\%OrderNo%*") do set "dirNewProject=%%I"
if not defined dirNewProject goto :LABEL
rem (skipping file copy part of script)

Answer 4

Example...(Untested)
#Echo Off
SetLocal
Rem directories
(Set template=N:\Documentation\New_folder_OrderNo-Type-Customer-site)
(Set dirOrder=L:\Med_Department\Orders)
(Set dirProjects=Z:\Projects\2016)
Rem exit if above directories do not exist
For %%a In (template dirOrder dirProjects) Do (If Not Exist "%%%%a%%\" Exit/B)
Rem make search dir current
If /I Not "%CD%" Equ "%dirOrder%" PushD %dirOrder%
:AskNum
Rem input Order No.
Echo(
Echo( Please enter the order number?
Echo(
Set/P "OrderNo=OrderNo: "
For /D %%a In ("%OrderNo%*") Do (Set OrderDir=%%~a)
If Not Defined OrderDir (Choice /C /M "Would you like to try again?"
If Errorlevel 2 Exit/B
GoTo :AskNum)
Rem new project directory
(Set dirNewProject=%dirProjects%\%OrderDir%)
Rem copy content from template to new project directory
If Not Exist "%dirNewProject%\" (
RoboCopy "%template%" "%dirNewProject%" /E /Copy:DATSO)
Rem open new project directory
Explorer "%dirNewProject%"