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Newbie... Need help with a Batch Script
Posted: 09 Mar 2009 13:33
by sqldba20
I am a newbie to DOS Batch Scripts and need help writing a code. My requirement is to copy file names starting with "ml_*" (asterick to act as wildcard) in folder (X:\ABC) and all other files in folder (X:\PQR). Any help on this is appreciated.
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for %%a IN (U:\*) do (
IF %%a = "ml_*" (
xcopy %%a X:\ABC\ /y
) ELSE (
xcopy %%a X:\PQR\ /y
)
)
Thanks !
Posted: 09 Mar 2009 14:38
by RElliott63
Here's a start...
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SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
FOR %%F IN ('Dir X:\ABC\*') DO (
Set "f=%%~nF"
Set "pre=!f:~0,3!"
If /I [!pre!] equ [ml_] (
Echo --Copying File Name: !f! to folder A
Copy /v %%F \NewFolderA
) Else (
Echo -- Copying File Name: !f! to folder B
Copy /v %%F \NewFolderB
)
)
:Exit
Posted: 19 Mar 2009 09:26
by avery_larry
Well, the first part is easy (and probably obvious):
And the 2nd part can be done 2 ways:
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echo \ml_>tmp.txt
echo \tmp.txt>>tmp.txt
xcopy .\*.* X:\PQR /exclude:tmp.txt
del tmp.txt
That creates a temp file which includes the string to be excluded and the temp file name and then proceeds to use xcopy which will exclude the ml_* files as well as the temp file.
The alternate (and possibly easier) 2nd portion would be like this (though it'll run a bunch of separate xcopy's instead of 1, but that probably doesn't matter -- plus it avoids using a temp file):
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for /f "usebackq tokens=" %%a in (`dir /a-d /b^|findstr /v /B "ml_"`) do xcopy %%a X:\PQR
Posted: 19 Mar 2009 15:39
by *SCRIPTER*
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