Batch script to zip like files using wildcard

[AlaskanFive]

I'm new to the forum, I hope to learn a great deal from this community.

I have a folder with 600 text files, I'm looking to zip together files with similar identifiers. So for instance I have 10 files with id001~ as the identifier, those 10 will be zipped in the same directory and so forth. So far I have a code that will zip 1 file when you hard code the file name. I'm not sure if this should read off a list or maybe specify some type of wildcard criteria for which files to zip

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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echo off
set archievePatch=id001~testfile3.txt
7z.exe a %archievepatch%.zip "%archievePatch%" 

PATH :\Users\Jeffery\Desktop\TestFolder
pause
exit

This will output a zip file named: id001~testfile3.zip

[foxidrive]

Does every filename start with the identifier and have a tilda character at the end of the identifier?

Are all files in a single folder?

[AlaskanFive]

Yes every text file will start with the identifier and tilda character at the end and all files are in the same folder.
Example:
id001~testfilebasketball.txt
id001~testfilebaseball.txt
id001~testfilehockey.txt
id001~testfilesoccer.txt
id001~testfilefootball.txt

id002~testfilebasketball.txt
id002~testfilebaseball.txt
id002~testfilehockey.txt
id002~testfilesoccer.txt
id002~testfilefootball.txt

id005~testfilebasketball.txt
id005~testfilebaseball.txt
id005~testfilehockey.txt
id005~testfilesoccer.txt
id005~testfilefootball.txt

[Squashman]

What should be the output file name for each of those 3 groups?

[foxidrive]

I'm guessing the indentifier is the zip filename.

Test this:

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@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir *~* /b /a-d ') do (
   for /f "delims=~" %%b in ("%%a") do (
     if not exist "%%b~.zip" 7z.exe a "%%b~.zip" "%%b~*"
   )
)
pause

[AlaskanFive]

Thank you Foxidrive the code worked!

The output should be the identifier, name and year month so
Example:
id001~Sports_YYYYMM
id001~Sports_201408

[AlaskanFive]

Thanks again. Here's the finish code if someone may need it.

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@echo off
set datef=%date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%

for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir *~* /b /a-d ') do (
   for /f "delims=~" %%b in ("%%a") do (
     if not exist "ZipFiles\%%b~Sports_%datef%.zip" 7z.exe a "ZipFiles\%%b~Sports_%datef%.zip" "%%b~*"
     )
  )
 pausencase