I had a batch script that rename files inside the folder which looked like this:
ren B:\Backups\*.bc_ *.bc
Now I have files between many folders, the back up creates a new folder with a new name every day, and i need to rename files across several folders.
How can I do it? How to correctly use wild card in this case?
You cannot use a wildcard in the path in your REN statement. You will have to use some form of the FOR command.
Suppose you want to rename all *.bc_ files in the entire folder hierarchy rooted at B:\Backups.
You could use FOR /R to iterate all .bc_ files within the hierarchy and rename each file individually.
for /r "B:\Backups" %%F in (*.bc_) do ren "%%F" "%%~nF.bc"
Or you could use FOR /D /R to iterate all the folders under the root and run your wildcard REN against each of the folders
for /d /r "B:\Backups" %%F in (.) do ren "%%F\*.bc_" *.bc
Both of the commands above are designed to be used in a batch script. Change each double percent into a single percent if you want to run the command from the command line instead of from within a batch file.
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I need to delete specific files from 28 folders on the same server.
e.g
C:/folder/DMP/app_x0
C:/folder/DMP/app_x1
C:/folder/DMP/app_x2
DeleteList.txt has a list of files names (with path).
C:/folder/DMP/app_x0/ABC1.txt
C:/folder/DMP/app_x0/ABC1.doc
The batch file needs to have a loop to go through each folder one by one and delete all files mentioned in a text file. Following worked ok for one folder only if I specify the full path before each file's names in DeleteList.txt file.
for /f "delims=" %%f in (DeleteList.txt) do del "%%f"
How to use above so that same code could run 28 times in batch file but each time replaces folder location path. DeleteList.txt will not change.
Any sample code/suggestion would help.
Thx.
One of these questions where we need to read between the lines.
Given we have on file of full filenames with the incorrect path separator, and a requirement to delete the files from 28 directories (but there's no list) then I conclude that since the required subdirectories shown are all subdirectories of C:\folder\DMP\ then the requirement actually is to delete all of the files that match the filenames in the file in all subdirectories of the parent directory of the full filename in the list.
So my suggestion would be
for /f "delims=" %%b in (DeleteList.txt) do del /s "%%~dpb..\%%~nxb"
Naturally, you should test this on a dummy tree before implementing it.
del /s deletes in the target directory and all subdirectories. The target subdirectory is the drive and path of %%b; its parent (..); the name and extension part of %%b.
I prefer to use metavariables that are not available as metavariable-modifiers.
To delete in subdirectories but not in the parent:
for /f "delims=" %%b in (DeleteList.txt) do FOR /d %%c IN ("%%~dpb..\*") DO del /s "%%c\%%~nxb">nul
This time, %%c is set to all subdirectorynames in turn, and the del/s applied to each subdirectory. The /s (...and subdirectories) probably isn't required. The >nul suppresses the deletion report if desired.
Not sure if the OP has need for this anymore, but you can use the following batch script to delete the specific files from multiple folders, starting from a parent folder.
#echo off
for /r "Drive:\path\to\parent_folder" %%d in (.) do (
del "%%~d\ABC1.txt"
del "%%~d\ABC1.doc"
)
The script will loop through the parent directory and its sub-folders, and delete only the specific files from the folders that they appear.
In the case of the post, the parent folder can be "C:\folder".
Long story short, I accidentally wiped my HDD the other day while trying to install a new SSD. I used a great program to undelete my partition; however, all the files were given an .efs extension. I am currently using:
:begin
RENAME *.extension.efs *.
I have tons of lines written for each file type, and this command works flawlessly. The only problem is that I have to manually paste this .bat into every folder and execute it in order for it to work.
Is there a way I can make it so when I run this .bat, it will go through all folders and subdirectories from a central directory? I'm anal about organization so all my music, albums, videos, TV shows, etc., are all in separate folders and it would take quite some time for me to run my original .bat from each.
Any help is appreciated!!
for /r /d %n in (.) do pushd "%n"&call "fullpathtoyourniftybatchfile"&popd
from the prompt will traverse the entire tree from wherever your current directory is.
You could also place your batch into any directory on your path and execute
for /r /d %n in (.) do pushd "%n"&call "yourniftybatchfilename"&popd
since windows searches the path for any executable it can't find in the current directory.
Here is a script that will rename files with extension efs in the current directory and all subfolders starting at the current directory. %%i is replaced by the full path to a folder or subfolders. Line 2 is needed because the for loop only does folders and subfolders.
#echo off
ren *.efs *.
for /f "tokens=* usebackq" %%i in (`dir/b/ad/s`) do (
cd %%i
ren *.efs *.
)
In a folder, I have some folders. I want to compress all the folders separately to the foldername.rar and delete the original files. I want to perform this function in batch.
I tried the ones given in other answers but they only compress the files if present, or do nothing. Here , I have to compress only folders to their respective archive. Please help
WinRAR includes two command-line tools, rar.exe and unrar.exe, where rar.exe compresses and unrar.exe uncompresses files.
Both are located in the “C:\Program Files\WinRAR” folder in the installable version.
Assuming, if there are multiple folders under D:\test and you want each folder to get its own .rar file , in the parent folder, from a batch file, this works for you:
#echo off
setlocal
set zip="C:\Program Files\WinRAR\rar.exe" a -r -u -df
dir D:\test /ad /s /b > D:\test\folders.txt
for /f %%f in (D:\test\folders.txt) do if not exist D:\test\%%~nf.rar %zip% D:\test \%%~nf.rar %%f
endlocal
exit
Explanation....
It'll create .rar files of all the folders/subfolders under parent folder D:\test in the same parent folder.
Then, it'll delete all the original folders/subfolders under parent folder D:\test and thus you'll be left only with the archives at the same place.
“a” command adds to the archive
“-r” switch recurses subfolders
“-u” switch. Equivalent to the “u” command when combined with the “a” command. Adds new files and updates older versions of the files already in the archive
“-df” switch deletes files after they are moved to the archive
Maybe something like this, change C:\testfolder\ to you liking.
In my example I had 3 folders (with random files and subfolders inside em): one, two and three
#echo off
cd "C:\testfolder\"
for /d %%G in ("*") do (
"%programfiles%\WinRAR\Rar.exe" a -r %%G.rar %%G
rd /s /q %%G
)
I am trying to create a batch script that copies the contents of one folder into another. Ihave tried this:
mkdir "c:\Jamie"
cd c:\jamie_DateTimeStamp*
xcopy * "c:\Jamie"
for /D %%f in (c\jamie_*) do rmdir %%f /s /Q
I can get the delete to work but I cannot get the xcopy to work.
things to know
The Jamie_datetimestap folder can be any date and time so I don't have a constant and I need to use a wildcard.
The goal of the script to copy the contents of a folder that has a datetime stamp into a folder that does not have one, then delete the folder with the datetime stamp I cannot simply rename the folder.
If you want to copy subfolders with xcopy you need option /s for subdirectories.
You can not use wildcard in cd command though, but you can do a dir /b Jamie* and use this inside the for loop as you do for delete to use as target for cd.
Just wondering the best way to do this in a single batch file. I have a folder called C:\Program\Foo and I want to grab all the folders except for the testing folder inside of foo, and I want to xcopy into D:\ so in D:\ foo will be there but no test folder.
Is there a way I can loop through each folder and check for a certain name not to include?
using /Exclude would mean I would need an extra text file with "Testing" in it
I don't see why you could not create a temporary exclusion file (using a temporary folder, that is):
#ECHO OFF
FOR %%F IN ("%TEMP%\exclude.txt") DO SET tmpf=%%~sF
ECHO Testing>%tmpf%\exclude.txt
XCOPY source destination /EXCLUDE:%tmpf%\exclude.txt other options
Note: XCOPY does not recognise double quotes as path delimiters in the /EXCLUDE option and offers no alternative for specifying paths with spaces, which can be a problem on Windows XP systems. This limitation can be worked around by replacing the original path with its counterpart consisting only of short names. That is what the FOR loop in the above script does for the %TEMP% folder.
Can you use ROBOCOPY?
ROBOCOPY C:\Program\Foo D:\ * /E /XD Test
/E copies subfolders and files
/XD excludes directories
Use the EXCLUDE option and put your exclusions in that file. That will let you exclude entire directories.
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/using-xcopy-backup-can-exclude-some-directories-t489674.html
xcopy "c:\document and settings" "i:\documents and settings\" /s /d /EXCLUDE:c:\a.txt
a.txt contains
\temp\
\temporary internet files\
You may need to use shorter DOS file names.