I need to sort alot of files based on their filename. I would like to use a batch file to do it. I do know what I want but I am not sure of the correct syntax.
Example of filenames I work with: (They are all in the same directory originally)
2012_W34_Sales_Store001.pdf
2012_W34_Sales_Store002.pdf
2012_W34_Sales_Store003.pdf
2012_November_Sales_Store001.pdf
2012_November_Sales_Store002.pdf
2012_November_Sales_Store003.pdf
I would like to extract the information that are located between the "_" signs and put them into a different variable each time. The lenght of the informations contained between the _ signs will be different everytime.
Example:
var1="2012"
var2="W34" (or November)
var3="Sales"
var4="001"
If I am able to do this, I could then copy the files to the appropriate directory using
move %var1%_%var2%_%var3%_%var4%.pdf z:\%var3%\%var4%\%var1%\%var2%
It would need to loop because I have Store001 to Store050. Also, there are not only Sales report, many others are available.
I hope I am clear.
Please help me realize this batchfile!
This script will make sure that it only attempts to move files that meet the pattern part1_part2_part3_part4.pdf
@echo off
for /f "eol=_ delims=" %%F in (
'dir /b *^|findstr /ix "[^_]*_[^_]*_[^_]*_[^_]*[.]pdf'
) do for /f "eol=_ tokens=1-4 delims=_." %%A in ("%%F") do (
move "%%F" "z:\%%C\%%D\%%A\%%B"
)
If needed, you could add md "z:\%%C\%%D\%%A\%%B" 2>nul before the MOVE in case the folders might not exist yet.