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by Excursion
05 Jul 2010 16:37
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Moving Files to seperate folder using a .BAT
Replies: 13
Views: 10124

Re: Moving Files to seperate folder using a .BAT

Of Course,

Thank you for your help.
by Excursion
04 Jul 2010 23:21
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Moving Files to seperate folder using a .BAT
Replies: 13
Views: 10124

Re: Moving Files to seperate folder using a .BAT

If it makes it easier you could just add a line to rename all the files in D:/Files from ABC328231 FORM - Dave Brown Winston Hills NSW - ABC328231.msg ABC328231 CHARGE - Brown NSW.msg To ABC328231 FORM - Dave Brown Winston Hills NSW - FORM.msg ABC328231 CHARGE - Brown NSW.msg That would allow the sc...
by Excursion
04 Jul 2010 17:57
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Moving Files to seperate folder using a .BAT
Replies: 13
Views: 10124

Re: Moving Files to seperate folder using a .BAT

That works perfectly, can the same process be achieved if the files are named slightly differerent. Instead of ABC328231-form_Dave Brown Winston Hills NSW-form.msg ABC328231 CHARGE - Brown NSW.msg the files are called ABC328231 FORM - Dave Brown Winston Hills NSW - ABC328231.msg ABC328231 CHARGE - B...
by Excursion
03 Jul 2010 23:30
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Moving Files to seperate folder using a .BAT
Replies: 13
Views: 10124

Re: Moving Files to seperate folder using a .BAT

Is it right that there is no space behind ABC? Yes, ABC are the 1st 3 Letters of both files. ABC328231-form_Dave Brown Winston Hills NSW-form.msg ABC328231 CHARGE - Brown NSW.msg Is it right that this ABC part has always 3 characters? Yes, The layout is always exactly the same. Is it right that the ...
by Excursion
01 Jul 2010 18:03
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Moving Files to seperate folder using a .BAT
Replies: 13
Views: 10124

Re: Moving Files to seperate folder using a .BAT

This worked 100% Perfect, many thanks for the coding. I have another little problem of a similar nature. Same idea as before but in reverse, I have 1000's of files in a folder called... D:/Files/ ABC328231-form_Dave Brown Winston Hills NSW-form.msg ABC328231 CHARGE - Brown NSW.msg ABC455332-form_Joh...
by Excursion
29 Jun 2010 19:15
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Moving Files to seperate folder using a .BAT
Replies: 13
Views: 10124

Re: Moving Files to seperate folder using a .BAT

this is almost exactly what i am looking for, I did forget one piece of information that may be the difficult part... The files are named ABC Brown, Dave (01 Main st)NSW.PDF ABC Smith, John (02 Third St)ACT.PDF ABC Jones, Mark (03 Second st)SA.PDF The folders in D:\Folders\Brown, Dave (01 Main st)NS...
by Excursion
29 Jun 2010 16:58
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Moving Files to seperate folder using a .BAT
Replies: 13
Views: 10124

Re: Moving Files to seperate folder using a .BAT

The files are placed in... D:\Files The folders are placed in D:\Folders\Customer name there are 1000's D:\Folders\Brown, Dave (01 Main st)NSW D:\Folders\Smith, John (02 Third St)ACT D:\Folders\Jones, Mark (03 Second st)SA This is good news if you think it is able to be done, I have been doing it ma...
by Excursion
28 Jun 2010 20:09
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Moving Files to seperate folder using a .BAT
Replies: 13
Views: 10124

Moving Files to seperate folder using a .BAT

Hi all, This is my first post on the board and want to say hi, My problem is a real pain, I have tried several other boards without success and it is possible what I am asking cannot be achieved. I have 100s of client files and 1000s of client folders. I want a BAT program to automatically move file...