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user2907367
user2907367

Reputation:

Batch search for text in PDF files

I have been scratching my head for a few days trying to get this to work. I am trying to write a batch script to look for text in a PDF file and move said file to a folder. Sounds simple but i have failed to get a for loop to parse a variable. This is what i have so far:

@echo off
SetLocal
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set dir=C:\Pdf Invoices
set inc=C:\Pdf Invoices\ESD\Includes
title Signing Invoices
echo Signing Invoices.....
echo.

:Movefiles
REM Check "IN" folder for invoices

if exist "%dir%\In\*.pdf" (goto MOVEFORPROCESSING) else (goto END)

:MOVEFORPROCESSING
for /f %%a in ('DIR /b "%dir%\In\*.pdf"') do (
    move "%dir%\In\%%a" "%dir%\ESD\Processing\" >nul
)

for /r "%dir%\ESD\Processing" %%F in (*.pdf) do (
    set type="%inc%\pdftextreplacer_cmd\pdftr.exe" -searchtext "USD" "%%F" | find /C "USD"
    If "%type%" == "0" (
        echo File is ZAR
)   else (
        echo File is USD
        )
)

:END

Basically if the file contains USD move to USD folder and IF file contains "ZAR" move to "ZAR" folder. I am using pdftextreplacer to search the pdf files which works fine.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5607

Answers (1)

MC ND
MC ND

Reputation: 70923

Posible problem with white spaces

for /F "tokens=*" %%a in (.....

Posible delayed expansion problem with variable %type%

EXISTS problem with logic of setting variable %type%. You can no set a variable to a return value of a executing command. Rewrite to

"%inc%\pdftextreplacer_cmd\pdftr.exe" -searchtext "USD" "%%F" | find "USD" >nul 
if errorlevel 1 (
    echo File is ZAR
) else (
    echo File is USD
)

Upvotes: 3

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