What I'm trying to do is copy a couple hundred images scattered throughout a directory tree and copy them all to another, single folder. I've found out how to do that with 'for /r %i in (*.jpg) ', but my main issue is that the files are all named using the same conventions. Sample:
Parent_Folder
001
file1.jpg
file2.jpg
002
file1.jpg
file2.jpg
The list continues as such. What I'm aiming to do is create this:
Dest_Folder
001_file1.jpg
001_file2.jpg
002_file1.jpg
002_file2.jpg
where the file's parent directory's name is added to the front of the files (so as to keep them listed in the same order). Not even individually going through every folder and using the "copy & rename" option will work since that will list all files named "file1.jpg" one after the other, "file2.jpg", and so on.
If there's any way to do this in a batch file, that would be much preferred, but a VBScript wouldn't be a bad choice either.
Thanks for any help!
EDIT
Magoo has given the perfect answer for my issue, but it seems his script only works if the source & destination paths have no spaces in them, despite the double quotes. I tried using this same script on another image collection, but with spaces in the paths, and I'm given an error saying the '[word after the first space in the path] was not expected at this time'. It was simple enough to just rename the folders, perform the copy, the rename them back, but is there a workaround for this?
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
SET "sourcedir=c:\sourcedir"
SET "destdir=c:\destdir"
FOR /r "%sourcedir%" %%a IN (*.jpg) DO (
SET "newname=%%a"
SET "newname=!newname:*%sourcedir%\=!"
ECHO COPY /b "%%a" "%destdir%\!newname:\=_!"
)
GOTO :EOF
Grab each filename, remove the source directory name and a \, then copy the file to that name, changing each \ to _.
The required commands are merely ECHOed for testing purposes. After you've verified that the commands are correct, change ECHO COPY to COPY to actually copy the files.
Edit : fixed to allow spaces in sourcedir (simply quote after the /r in the for)
Sub BuildFileName(ParentFolder)
Dim objFSO, objFolder, strFileName
Set objFSO = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.Filesystemobject")
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(ParentFolder)
For Each folder In objFolder.SubFolders
For Each file In folder.Files
strFileName = ParentFolder & "_" & folder.Name & "_" & file.Name
WScript.Echo strFileName
Next
Next
End Sub
Call BuildFileName("c:\scripts")
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i have 1000 photos with extension .jpg and every name of photo is a code like this 12345.jpg.
And i have 1000 folders with names like this: text_text_text_code(000000)
the job is put every photo in every single folder, i can solve this, but not working very well.
I found the problem, but i don't know how to solve.
in name folder i have text_text_text_code(000000), i need the code to stop when it arrives at character (.
#echo off
chcp 1250
echo.
echo.
cd "C:\Users\folderexample\Desktop\123"
for /r "C:\Users\folderexample\Desktop\imagem" %%a in (*.jpg) do (
for /f %%b in ('dir /b *"%%~na"*') do copy "%%a" "%%~fb"
)
I would like the search to go to the character ( and go to next search up until finish photos.
I am trying to create a folder using batch file. The folder name should be in a format - yyyymmdd-hhmm .I got started with the below code but I get yyyymmdd- as one folder and hhmm as another folder. But when I tried it after 13.00 hrs I get yyyymmdd-hhmm format. Why is there a different behaviour during 9:45 in the morning. I don't know. Any help appreciated.
For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c%%a%%b)
For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ("%TIME%") do (set mytime=%%a%%b)
mkdir %mydate%-%mytime%
I get 1 folder -> 20160810- and another folder -> 945.
"I get 1 folder -> 20160810- and another folder -> 945."
That's because of the space, so mkdir sees two parameters and so creates two folders.
Either put qoutes around the new foldername
mkdir "%mydate%-%mytime%"`
or (maybe better) replace the space with a zero:
mkdir %mydate%-%mytime: =0%
putting qoutes around anyway doesn't harm:
mkdir "%mydate%-%mytime: =0%"
(btw: there is a way to get a date-time-string independent of local settings)
I am using the shell() command to generate pdf documents from .tex files within a function. This function sometimes gets ran multiple times with adjusted data and so will overwrite the documents. Of course, if the pdf file is open when the .tex file is ran, it generates an error saying it can't run the .tex file. So I want to know whether there are any R or Windows cmd commands which will check whether a file is open or not?
I'm not claiming this as a great solution: it is hacky but maybe it will do. You can make a copy of the file and try to overwrite your original file with it. If it fails, no harm is made. If it succeeds, you'll have modified the file's info (not the contents) but since your end goal is to overwrite it anyway I doubt it will be a huge problem. In either case, you'll be fixed about whether or not the file can be rewritten.
is.writeable <- function(f) {
tmp <- tempfile()
file.copy(f, tmp)
success <- file.copy(tmp, f)
return(success)
}
openfiles /query /v|(findstr /i /c:"C:\Users\David Candy\Documents\Super.xls"&&echo File is open||echo File isn't opened)
Output
592 David Candy 1756 EXCEL.EXE C:\Users\David Candy\Documents\Super.xls
File is open
Findstr returns 0 if found and 1+ if not found or error.
& seperates commands on a line.
&& executes this command only if previous command's errorlevel is 0.
|| (not used above) executes this command only if previous command's errorlevel is NOT 0
> output to a file
>> append output to a file
< input from a file
| output of one command into the input of another command
^ escapes any of the above, including itself, if needed to be passed to a program
" parameters with spaces must be enclosed in quotes
+ used with copy to concatinate files. E.G. copy file1+file2 newfile
, used with copy to indicate missing parameters. This updates the files modified date. E.G. copy /b file1,,
%variablename% a inbuilt or user set environmental variable
!variablename! a user set environmental variable expanded at execution time, turned with SelLocal EnableDelayedExpansion command
%<number> (%1) the nth command line parameter passed to a batch file. %0 is the batchfile's name.
%* (%*) the entire command line.
%<a letter> or %%<a letter> (%A or %%A) the variable in a for loop. Single % sign at command prompt and double % sign in a batch file.
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I have a list of files with their full path in a single text file. I would like to open them all at once in Windows. The file extension will tell Windows what programme to use. Can I do this straight from the command line or would I need to make a batch file? Tips on how to write the batch file appreciated.
My text file looks like the following:
J:/630/630A/SZ299_2013-04-19_19_36_52_M01240.WAV
J:/630/630A/SZ299_2013-04-19_20_15_39_M02312.WAV
J:/630/630A/SZ299_2013-04-19_21_48_07_M04876.WAV
etc
The .WAV extension is associated with Adobe Audition, which is a sound editing programme. When each path is hyperlinked in an Excel column, they can be opened with one click. Clicking on the first link will open both Audition and the hyperlinked file in it. Clicking another hyperlink will open the next file in the same instance of the programme. But this is too slow for hundreds of paths. If I open many files straight from R, e.g.
shell("J:/630/630A/SZ299_2013-04-19_19_36_52_M01240.WAV", intern=TRUE)
shell("J:/630/630A/SZ299_2013-04-19_20_15_39_M02312.WAV", intern=TRUE)
etc
each file will be opened in a new instance of the programme, which is nasty. So batch seems preferable.
for /f "delims=" %%a in (yourtextflename) do "%%a"
should do this as a batch line.
You could run this directly from the prompt if you like, but you'd need to replace each %% with % to do so.
It's a lot easier to put the code into a batch:
#echo off
setlocal
for /f "delims=" %%a in (%1) do "%%a"
then you'd just need to enter
thisbatchfilename yourtextfilename
and yourtextfilename will be substituted for %1. MUSCH easier to type - and that's what batch is all about - repetitive tasks.
Following on from this post, which uses the identify function in R to create a subset selection of rows (from a larger dataset called "testfile") by clicking on coordinates in a scatterplot. One of the columns contains the list of Windows paths to original acoustic datafiles. The last line below will open all files in the listed paths in only one instance of the programme linked to the Windows file extension.
selected_rows = with(testfile, identify(xvalue, yvalue))
SEL <-testfile[selected_rows,]
for (f in 1:nrow(SEL)){system2("open",toString(SEL[f,]$path))}
I am trying to write an aspx page which will crawl through a directory and find all the files contained within. I think I have that part down.
Is it possible to read to a string without first creating .txt files from the html and asp pages I'm reading through? I don't want to create a ton of new files and then end up having to delete them later.
Ultimately, I'm trying to develop a tool to search through an entire directory and find all the image tags which have empty alt attributes or no alt attributes. I wrote some jQuery which can find the tags, and I have also written the part that searches through a directory.
If you have a file on your filesystem, you can simply read it - if you know it is a textual format, you need to use a stream with the correct encoding to do this.
Since you are reading and querying HTML, I suggest using a library that is specifically written for this task - the HTML Agility Pack - you can give it the path to the HTML file and then query it for all img elements. The source download comes with sample projects that will show you how to achieve this and other tasks.
Link:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.streamreader.aspx
Example:
http://www.csharp-examples.net/load-text-file-to-string/
(this example shows how to work with .txt files, but I believe if you can put any other extension)
Getting all files:
http://www.csharp-examples.net/get-files-from-directory/
Edit: and don't forgot about encoding.
sure, why not save to environment variables, no fuss, no mess. so try something like this:
will take apart an html or asp file and save to an array of variables, i have shown you how to put it back together as well.
let me know how if this is a solution for you
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion EnableExtensions
echo.
set count=0
if exist newfile.html del newfile.html
:: to unassemble
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (filename.html) do (
echo %%a
set /a count=count + 1
set htmllinenum!count!=%%a
)& set finalcount=!count!
:: to assemble
for /l %%a in (1,1,%finalcount%) do (
echo !htmllinenum%%a!>>newfile.html
)
notepad newfile.tmp
set count=0
if exist newfile.asp del newfile.asp
:: to unassemble
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (filename.asp) do (
echo %%a
set /a count=count + 1
set asplinenum!count!=%%a
)& set finalcount=!count!
:: to assemble
for /l %%a in (1,1,%finalcount%) do (
echo !asplinenum%%a!>>newfile.asp
)
notepad newfile.asp