How to duplicate randomly some files ?

[budhax]

Hello,
Let's a folder containing some PDF files:

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GeM-13117.pdf
GeM-14404.pdf
GeM-16853.pdf
GeM-17914.pdf
GeM-20255.pdf
GeM-20559.pdf
SOS-647272.pdf
SOS-665824.pdf
SOS-668677.pdf
SOS-674574.pdf
SOS-676535.pdf

I would write a batch script duplicating randomly some files.
The duplicated files will be ended by "_".
EXAMPLE: 4 files duplicated randomly.

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GeM-13117.pdf
GeM-14404.pdf
GeM-16853.pdf
GeM-16853_.pdf
GeM-17914.pdf
GeM-20255.pdf
GeM-20559.pdf
SOS-647272.pdf
SOS-647272_.pdf
SOS-665824.pdf
SOS-665824_.pdf
SOS-668677.pdf
SOS-668677_.pdf
SOS-674574.pdf
SOS-676535.pdf

Any idea how to start this script?
Thanks

[orange_batch]

Ah boy, randomization.

>Count and log .pdfs in folder.

>Get number of .pdfs to copy by generating a random number from 1 to length of log using modulus.

>Get .pdf to copy by generating a random number from 1 to length of log using modulus.

Either more easily:
-If undefined log variable is selected, repeat without any decrements.
-If defined, process that .pdf and erase it from the log, decrement number of .pdfs to copy and repeat.

Or more properly:
-Process that .pdf and erase it from the log, merge log, decrement number of .pdfs to copy and repeat.

This is the proper method with log merging. You're lucky I felt up to this one, I had already written a couple of the routines.

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@echo off&echo:&color B&title Copy Random Number of Files Randomly by orange_batch&setlocal enableextensions,enabledelayedexpansion

:: Customizable options.
set "_targetfolder=C:\...\Target Folder"
set "_suffix=_"
set "_filetype=.pdf"

:: Log files in target folder.
for %%x in ("%_targetfolder%\*%_filetype%") do (
set /a _loglength+=1
set "_log!_loglength!=%%x"
)

:: Get random number of files to copy.
set /a _repeats=%random%%%%_loglength%+1

:l_repeat

:: Copy a random file. Erase file's log for log merging.
set /a _any=%random%%%%_loglength%+1
echo:f|xcopy "!_log%_any%!" "!_log%_any%:~0,-4!%_suffix%%_filetype%" /v/q/g/h/k/x>nul
set _log%_any%=

:: Merge log.
set _logcounter=
for /l %%x in (1,1,%_loglength%) do (
if defined _log%%x (
set /a _logcounter+=1
set "_log!_logcounter!=!_log%%x!"
if !_logcounter! NEQ %%x set _log%%x=
))
set /a _loglength-=1

:: Decrement number of repeats. Repeat if number is greater than 0.
set /a _repeats-=1
if %_repeats% NEQ 0 goto l_repeat

echo:   Complete.
exit/b

[!k]

budhax

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@echo off
setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /a-d/b *.pdf') do if !random:~-1! LSS 3 copy /b "%%i" "%%~ni_%%~xi"

or w/o enabledelayedexpansion

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@echo off
setlocal enableextensions
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /a-d/b *.pdf') do call :r "%%i"
goto :eof
:r
if %random:~-1% LSS 3 copy /b %1 "%~n1_%~x1"
goto :eof

[ghostmachine4]

download gawk for windows, then use this script

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BEGIN{
  howmany = 4  #how many files you want to randomize
  #random seed
  srand(systime())
  # Get all pdf files into array
  for(i=1;i<=ARGC;i++){  filename[++c]=ARGV[i]  }
  while(1){
    RAND=int(rand()*c+1)  # generate a random number
    if (! (RAND in r ) ){
       r[RAND]   #store random number already generated
       fn2=filename[RAND]
       sub(/\.pdf/,"_.pdf",fn2)      # replace with "_"
       cmd="ren \042"filename[RAND]"\042 \042" fn2 
       print cmd
       #system(cmd) #uncomment to do actual renaming
       z++
       if(z==howmany){
         break
       }
    }
  }
}

save as myscript.awk and on command line

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C:\test>gawk -f myscript.awk *pdf
ren "SOS-674574.pdf" "SOS-674574_.pdf
ren "SOS-668677.pdf" "SOS-668677_.pdf
ren "GeM-17914.pdf" "GeM-17914_.pdf
ren "012345(2).pdf" "012345(2)_.pdf

[orange_batch]

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@echo off
setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /a-d/b *.pdf') do if !random:~-1! LSS 3 copy /b "%%i" "%%~ni_%%~xi"

Cool idea, I think it's less random though being 30% chance. It also assumes 0 is okay.

[!k]

30% chance. It also assumes 0 is okay.

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@echo off
setlocal enableextensions
set /a cnt=0
:loop
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /a-d/b *.pdf') do call :r "%%i"
if %cnt% LSS 1 goto :loop
goto :eof
:r
if %random:~-1% LSS 3 (copy /b %1 "%~n1_%~x1" &set /a cnt+=1)
goto :eof

30% chance with at least 1 file

[budhax]

Thanks all, it works fine.
This is exactly what I needed.