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For loop to organize files in folders
Name: AJ (by William Jimenez) Date: August 4, 2009 at 13:03:53 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: Intel Dual Core Subcategory: General
Comment:
Hello,
I have a problem that I my limited knowledge of command line can't solve.
I need to create a batch file that will do the following.
In directoy X:\Files, I have say 100 pdf files all named ########-xxx.pdf
In a separate directoy X:\Folders I have 100 folders matching the first 8 characters of the pdf file name (########).
What I need is for the script to do read the name of each pdf file, then take the first 8 characters of the PDF file and then move it to the folder that matches those 8 characters.
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