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Alex Gordon
Alex Gordon

Reputation: 60691

Using a cmd / batch file to get all the files recursively modified or created after a certain date

I am trying to get all the files in an entire directory structure that has been created or modified after a certain date:

for /f "usebackq tokens=1-7* delims=/: " %I in (`dir/tc/o-d/s gstmp\*yell*.tif ^
     ^| findstr 2010`) do  (
        if "%K%I%J %N %L%M" GEQ "20100806 PM 0457"  (
            echo.   [ %K-%I-%J %L:%M %N    %P. ]
        )
 )

I got this genius script from Stack Overflow question Batch File: Iterate Over Files Modified Since a Given Date.

I changed gstmp\*yell*.tif to be just *, because I want to see all the files.

Unfortunately, it is not working for me.

It echos nothing at all. What am I doing wrongly?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3504

Answers (1)

Magoo
Magoo

Reputation: 79983

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL

:: Create a dummy directory
MD c:\dummy
XCOPY /L /s /d:04-01-2013 c:\startdir c:\dummy >u:reportfile.txt

:: Way the second
SET "line="
DEL u:\reportfile2.txt 2>nul
FOR /f "delims=" %%i  IN (
 'XCOPY /L /s /d:04-01-2013 c:\startdir c:\dummy'
 ) DO CALL :output "%%i"

:: Delete the dummy directory
RD /s /q c:\dummy

GOTO :eof

:output
IF DEFINED line ECHO %line% >>u:reportfile2.txt
SET line=%~1
GOTO :eof

Here are two ways:

The XCOPY lists all files created/modified after the date specified in mm-dd-yyyy format, because each one would be copied to the dummy empty directory created. The /L only LISTS the files that would be copied.

The first method adds a line reporting the filecount. The second method suppresses that output. Method 2 has its faults - it's more complicated (obviously) and some strange filenames may be corrupted (this can be overcome if really necessary...). If you're using sensible filenames it'll do the job...

Upvotes: 1

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