I'm fairly new to scripting and am in need of some help. I have come across a unique situation for a Non-Profit client of ours that requires us to compare two or more files in a specific folder and move the file with the lowest numerical value in the filename.
This organization runs a non-profit radio station which has content submitted from hundreds of volunteers that name their files (when they record more than one) with various numbers at the end that either represent the date or the order in which the files are to be aired.
Essentially I am looking to create a vbscript (because I think it can be done this way) that will run with windows task scheduler 30 minutes prior to the first air date of the content and move the file with the lowest value (if more than one file exists) to a folder where it will be automatically processed by the radio automation software.
Examples of files in a folder might look something like these:
Folder1: (in this instance, "news.mp3" is the lowest value)
Folder2:
Folder3:
Honestly, on this one, I'm not even sure where to start. I've found several scripts that can look at file date or a specific numerical or date format in the filename, but none that can parse numbers from a filename and move/copy a file based on the numerical value. I'm hoping there is someone out there smarter than me that can point me in the right direction. Thanks for looking at my problem!
One script I've been playing with (from the scripting guy) looks at specific years in a filename:
strComputer = “.”
Set objWMIService = GetObject(“winmgmts:\\” & strComputer & “\root\cimv2”)
Set colFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
(“ASSOCIATORS OF {Win32_Directory.Name=’C:\Test’} Where ” _
& “ResultClass = CIM_DataFile”)
Set objRegEx = CreateObject(“VBScript.RegExp”)
For Each objFile in colFiles
objRegEx.Global = True
objRegEx.Pattern = “\d{4}”
strSearchString = objFile.FileName
Set colMatches = objRegEx.Execute(strSearchString)
strYear = colMatches(0).Value
strNewFile = “C:\Test\” & strYear & “\” & objFile.FileName & _
“.” & objFile.Extension
objFile.Copy(strNewFile)
objFile.Delete
Next
...but I can't seem to make the leap to regular numbers and then take a lowest value...
You can use FileSystemObject to Work with Drives, Folders and Files.
Also i used GETNUM function to get number.
Try my way :
sFolder = "C:\Test\"
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
For Each objFile in oFSO.GetFolder(sFolder).Files
Number=GETNUM(objFile.Name)
strNewFile = sFolder & Number & "\" & objFile.Name
If NOT (oFSO.FolderExists(sFolder & Number)) Then
oFSO.CreateFolder(sFolder & Number)
End If
oFSO.MoveFile objFile, strNewFile
Next
Function GETNUM(Str)
For i=1 To Len(Str)
if IsNumeric(Mid(Str,i,1)) Then
Num=Num&Mid(Str,i,1)
End if
Next
GETNUM=Num
End Function
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