xcopy is a very cool tool, but not what's needed for this. The script below will copy to the dest directory, renaming sequentially. This will work ONCE. If you need to run more than once and have the bat "figure out where it left off" it'll take a bit more doing. ============================================ @echo off setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('dir/b/a-d') do ( set /a N+=1 echo copy %%a f:\dest\%%~Na!N!%%~Xa ) ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Thanks for the input M2G, I'll give it a try and let you know. Tim

M2, First off thanks for the help, it was extremely helpful and helped me solve the problem I had. The code did not really work as expected. It went through and did the sequential rename and acted like it copied the files over but for some reason it did not. I then changed the code to read: @echo off setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('dir/b/a-d') do ( set /a N+=1 echo F|xcopy /y %%a n:\backup\%%~Na!N!%%~Xa ) After making the modification in bold it copied and moved the file while renaming the files successfully. Since I would like to understand what you did with your script would you mind describing in detail what your commands are doing? Perhaps I didn't change something that I needed to. Thanks again to M2 and everyone else who responded to my question!

OOPS, I should have said that to activate the bat, you need to edit out the ECHO before COPY. I'm working on one which will figure out where it left off. ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

ahhh, now that makes sense. I'm interested to see the script for the one that picks up where it left off. However, I don't really need it because I have one that I run nightly that moves files from point a to point b and there won't be duplicates any more because it only looks for ones created that day. I think you should go ahead and post it though because I think this could help others looking for that solution. Prior to posting here I searched the internet for several days looking for a solution so I think this thread can help a lot of people. Thanks, Tim

Note that this keeps track of last num used by writing it to %temp%\# , so in the unlikely event you already have such a file, delete it. ============================================ :: copy to dest, appending 5 digit seq num to filename @echo off setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion if exist %temp%\# set /p N=<%temp%\# for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('dir/b/a-d') do ( set /a N+=1 call :sub1 copy %%a f:\dest\%%~Na!S!%%~Xa > nul ) echo !N!> %temp%\# goto :eof :sub1 pad to 5 places set S=!N! :pad if !S:~4^,1!'==' set S=0!S!& goto :pad goto :eof ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Okay, I'm having a slight problem. This code: @echo off setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('dir/b/a-d') do ( set /a N+=1 echo F|xcopy /y %%a n:\backup\%%~Na!N!%%~Xa ) copies the file and appends the sequence number. However, I want to sort through file names and also rename them in addition to adding the sequence number. For instance, lets say I have a folder full of files named abc.timestamp.xls, def.timestamp.xls, and xyz.timestamp.xls. I only want to copy xyz.timestamp.xls and I want to copy it over as xyza.sequencenumber.xls. It seems there should be a way to do this but I don't understand the code well enough. What is this code doing? %%~Na!N!%%~Xa Thanks, Tim

What is this code doing? %%~Na!N!%%~Xa filename sequential_number extension ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2