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Move files with date as parameter
Name: nagendraG Date: June 16, 2008 at 08:56:30 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: intel core duo Product: 2002
Comment:
Hi All,
I have to move the files from one folder to other folder based on the date.
For example in Folder A i will have .txt from jan 2007.I need to use a .bat script to which i should pass the date as parameter (YYYYMMDD is the date format ).., to move files for that particular date.
If for 20080514 i have 14 files i will pass this date as parameter to the .bat script which should move all the 14 files from c:\old to c:\new folder .
Hope i am clear...
Pls suggest how can i write .bat for this requirement.
Name: nagendraG Date: June 16, 2008 at 08:58:31 Pacific
Reply:
My files will have timestamped attached as below. abc_20080401112344.txt abc_20080517135422.txt
Thanks, Nagendra
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Response Number 2
Name: klint Date: June 16, 2008 at 10:32:07 Pacific
Reply:
@echo off set /p dat=Enter date as YYYYMMDD: copy c:\old\abc_%dat%*.txt c:\new
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Response Number 3
Name: nagendraG Date: June 16, 2008 at 12:59:25 Pacific
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Thanks for your quick response klint...
But i need to pass the date as parameter to the batch file..say for example my bat script is test.bat...then i have to pass the date as below. test.bat 20080616 because the date is a dynamic one generated by our source application...we will parametrize the date value so that we can schedule the job.
Pls suggest a way for this.
Thanks, Nagendra
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Response Number 4
Name: Shr0Om Date: June 16, 2008 at 13:41:41 Pacific
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This should do the trick (test.bat 20080616)
@echo off set dat=%1% copy c:\old\abc_%dat%*.txt c:\new
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Response Number 5
Name: Ravi_varma Date: June 17, 2008 at 02:05:55 Pacific
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