ok,i already posted this few days ago, still no answers :( i have a very large (about 11000 lines) database in a .txt file that looks like that: foldersomething1\sub_folders-1 foldersomething1\sub_folders-2 foldersomething1\sub_folders-3 foldersomething2\sub_folders-1 foldersomething2\sub_folders-2 foldersomething2\sub_folders-3 and so on.. sub_folders-* can be up to infinity, and foldersomething* too. ALSO when ill use the .bat it is possible that many of these sub_folders-* doesnt not exist, and it is possible that many of the foldersomething* are not already created. I'm using this to classify many folders (sub_folders-*) to given grouping folders (foldersomething*) actually id like to make a quick batch file that would move all the sub_folders-* to the foldersomething*. i tought that i could use notepad and use the replace all function to write something like MOVE subfolder* foldersomething* but since that the foldersomething* is in front of the subfolder* (in the text file) it isnt really possible to do it that way. i'm looking for something that would read the external .txt database OR a batch file created with the .txt file itself. something that would read the name of the folder after the \ and move it to the folder before the \ let me know if him not really clear, but this is almost the best i could say about it. THANKS IN ADVANCE :D hmmm i like it

Not clear. In this case: foldersomething1\sub_folders-1 sub_folders-1 is in: foldersomething1 So where does it need to move to? ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

actually all the possible sub_folders-* included in the database are in a root folder all mixed-up, but i want them to be moved to their proper foldersomething* wich is determinated by the .txt database that looks like that: database.txt = foldersomething767\sub_folders-hgfh foldersomething563\sub_folders-fhdh foldersomething567\sub_folders-llll foldersomething345\sub_folders-56er foldersomething769\sub_folders-jolh foldersomething890\sub_folders-sbht foldersomething767\sub_folders-hjyg activating the .batch file do something like: move sub_folders-hgfh foldersomething767 move sub_folders-fhdh foldersomething563 move sub_folders-llll foldersomething567 move sub_folders-56er foldersomething345 and like that until the 11 000th line... the batch file would read each line of the database and selecting the 2nd variable after the \ (ie: sub_folders-hgfh) and move it to the first variable before the \ (foldersomething767) in the same line: foldersomething767\sub_folders-hgfh let me know if i'm not clear enough... i do my best, english is not my mother language thanks for the look hmmm i like it