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Copy files by date modified
Name: grkdimi13 Date: November 14, 2007 at 02:26:00 Pacific OS: XPsp2 CPU/Ram: 2.3/768 Product: xxx
Comment:
Hello,
I'm trying to copy files locally, from one directory to another. Is there a way for me to specify the copy command to copy files by date modified?
Example: I want to copy from X directory all the files that were modified XX/XX/XXXX to Y directory.
Name: klint Date: November 14, 2007 at 10:13:38 Pacific
Reply:
One way to do it (not necessarily a good way) is this:
for /f "tokens=3*" %%a in ('dir /a-d ^| findstr /b 14/11/2007') do copy %%b newfolder
Another way to do it uses pure batch commands (no external executables), the for command iterating files in the directory, using set timestamp=%~tF, set datestamp=!timestamp:~0,10! (with delayed expansion). I leave that as an exercise for the reader.
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Response Number 2
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: November 14, 2007 at 10:26:48 Pacific
Reply:
Hi klint,
Yours is better than what I came up with; it's simpler.
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