folder mover

[joe]

hi,

I have 100's of folder with 1 file in each folder.

the folder name consists of 13 digits.

I need a script to move/copy only these folders with the content from source to destination.

any help

thanx in advance

[Squashman]

A little more detail would help. Provide source and destination examples is normally very helpful.

[joe]

the source E:\logfiles
the destination f:\fordeletion

[aGerman]

move/copy only these folders

1) Which of either MOVE or COPY?
2) Folders where the name consists of 13 digits AND that contain only 1 file? Or only the first or only the latter? What exactly is the condition to select the folder?

Steffen

[Squashman]

move/copy only these folders

1) Which of either MOVE or COPY?
2) Folders where the name consists of 13 digits AND that contain only 1 file? Or only the first or only the latter? What exactly is the condition to select the folder?

Steffen

I am not a Dentist but I play one on the forums.

I think only people in the USA will get that joke as it is used in a lot of commercials over the years.

[joe]

the condition is move
to move all folders which contain 13 digit name to destination (all the folder contain a single file inside)

[aGerman]

This should work if the destination folder already exists

Code: Select all

@echo off &setlocal
set "source=E:\logfiles"
set "destination=f:\fordeletion"

for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /ad /b "%source%"^|findstr /x "[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]"') do (
  move "%source%\%%~i" "%destination%\"
)

Steffen

PS @Squashman You could've left a Youtube link for extraterrestrials like me

[joe]

ha ha ha

thanx steffen will update the results after running the script

that's so kind of you to have spent your time on this ..

joe

[SIMMS7400]

Squashy -

I prefer the Holiday Inn one myself... LOL

[joe]

yes this worked perfectly too

Thank you steffen