I have a master file (File1.txt
) where some names are maintained in the contents. I have to find all the files which has those kind of names (wild cards) in a folder and move them to a different folder using batch file program.
Eg : File1.txt
has contents
abcd
efgh
now in the folder say c:\temp\Source
i have files like
12abcd34.asc
56efgh78.asc
testing.asc
I have to move only those 2 files to a folder say c:\temp\Target.
Here's my code, but it gives error saying i*.* is unexpected at this time. Can you please help .
@Echo Off
title Test move files
set dir1=C:\temp\Source
dir %dir1%
Echo Directory Changed
FOR /f "eol=; delims=, " %i in (file1.txt) do move /y "*%i*.*" Target
Here you go....
This is what the directory structure is when I start...
C:\Temp>tree /f
Folder PATH listing for volume OS
Volume serial number is XXXX-XXXX
C:.
│ file1.txt
│ run.bat
│
├───Source
│ 12abcd34.asc
│ 56efgh78.asc
│ testing.asc
│
└───Target
This is the run.bat that I will run later .. includes the bug fixes...
C:\Temp>copy run.bat con
@Echo Off
title Test move files
set dir1=Source
dir %dir1%
Echo Directory Changed
FOR /f "eol=; delims=, " %%i in (file1.txt) do move /y "%dir1%\*%%i*.*" Target
1 file(s) copied.
Now I run the batch file ...
C:\Temp>run.bat
Volume in drive C is OS
Volume Serial Number is XXXX-XXXX
Directory of C:\Temp
19/07/2012 00:03 <DIR> .
19/07/2012 00:03 <DIR> ..
18/07/2012 23:59 0 12abcd34.asc
18/07/2012 23:59 0 56efgh78.asc
18/07/2012 23:59 0 testing.asc
3 File(s) 0 bytes
2 Dir(s) 41,653,194,752 bytes free
Directory Changed
C:\Temp\Source\12abcd34.asc
1 file(s) moved.
C:\Temp\Source\56efgh78.asc
1 file(s) moved.
Now this is the final directory structure ... so you can see that it is working ...
C:\Temp>tree /f
Folder PATH listing for volume OS
Volume serial number is XXXX-XXXX
C:.
│ file1.txt
│ run.bat
│
├───Source
│ testing.asc
│
└───Target
12abcd34.asc
56efgh78.asc
Here is the for loop you need...
FOR /f "eol=; delims=, " %%i in (file1.txt) do move /y "%dir1%\*%%i*.*" Target
Changes:
[1] within FOR you use %%i not %i.
[2] You need this format:
%dir1% <-- Where
\ <-- path delimiter
* <-- starts with anything
%%i <-- contains what you want to search
*.* <-- ends with anything
Hope this helps.