Hi All, I have to write a batch script for the below scenario..Pls help me with a batch script.. In folder A i have lot of .csv files and some of these files are listed in a .txt via a bat script..based on their extension. In the mean time some more .csv files are added in folder A... Now i want to write a .bat script which has to move all the .csv files which are not listed in the .txt file to folder B...(i.e all the .csv files which are newly added these files are dynamically generated). Please suggest how can i do this... Thanks & Regards, Rudresh

@echo off setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('my.txt') do ( attrib +h %%a ) move *.csv B attrib -h *.* ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Hi Mechanix, Thanks for the response.. I think i have not made myself clear while posting... I have two folder folder A and folder B In folder A say i have 10 .csv files..based on their extensions i will make a list of these 10 files and send them to a .txt say myfile.txt...for my queue job which will process the files which are in myfile.txt.... now when the job is running i will get new source files in folder A say 20 new .csv files.., i have to write a batch script which has to move all the new files i.e the files which are not listed in myfile.txt to folder B. so i that i can process my job parallerly with the newfiles. Thanks & Regards, Rudresh

Hi! Mechanix2Go I had came up with the following solution but now it started to drive me mad as HITS is always set to 0. Could you explain what am I doing wrong @ECHO OFF REM Create an up to date list of all files in A DIR /s/b A\ > up2date.txt REM Read up 2 date list in SET HITS=0 SET NAME=nul FOR /f %%U IN (up2date.txt) DO ( REM Read list in and check if file exists in list FOR /f %%L IN (list.txt) DO ( SET NAME = %%~nU IF NOT "A\%%~nU" == "A\%%~nL" ( ECHO HITTING CALL :sub 1 ) ) REM NO HITS File is not in the list copy it over to B ECHO HITS %HITS% IF HITS == 0 ( MOVE A\%NAME% B\%NAME% ECHO Moving %NAME% ) ) GOTO eof :sub ECHO %1 SET HITS = %1 ECHO SUB HEAT: %HITS% :eof endLocal THANKS

@rojanu, I've just had a quick read of your post and can see a few errors: 1. "SET HITS=0" and "SET HITS = %1" refer to two different variables: "HITS" and "HITS ". 2. You are using %VAR% inside a loop, this will translate VAR to its value before the loop is entered and will have the same value throughout the loop. Use delayed expansion (i.e. !var! ) - for more details, type SETLOCAL/?. 3. You've got ENDLOCAL at the end, but no SETLOCAL, which you presumably intended to have. Probably not a major problem.

Thanks klint got it working now @ECHO OFF setLocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION DIR /s/b A\ > up2date.txt REM Read up 2 date list in SET HITS=0 SET NAME=name.txt FOR /f %%U IN (up2date.txt) DO ( FOR /f %%L IN (list.txt) DO ( SET NAME=%%~nxU IF NOT "A\%%~nxU" == "A\%%~nxL" SET HITS=1 ) IF !HITS!==1 ( ECHO Moving !NAME! MOVE A\!NAME! B\!NAME! ) ) del up2date.txt endLocal

klint hit the mark. A space is a char, evn though it's hard to see. No need to endlocal at the end. Local ends when the bat quits. ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2