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Logesh
Logesh

Reputation: 21

How to name a folder like the files that are copied into it?

I have a batch script that moves .eps and .pdf files into separate folder with .eps in Highres, and .pdf in Lowres. But I want to name the main folder as the file name.

For instance, if I am copying Man.eps and Man.pdf, the respective main folder name should be Man and inside that, Man.eps should be in Highres subfolder, and Man.pdf should be in Lowres subfolder.

Here is what I have come so far:

@echo off & setlocal

> nul mkdir "%%~pA"
for %%F in (*.eps) do (
    > nul mkdir "%%~pA/HIGHRES"
    > nul move "%%F" "%%~pA/HIGHRES"
    for %%F in (*.pdf) do (
        > nul mkdir "%%~pA/LOWRES"
        > nul move "%%F" "%%~pA/LOWRES"
    )
)

It creates folder name with %%~pA, I just want the file name to be used as the folder name...

Upvotes: 1

Views: 60

Answers (1)

Dennis van Gils
Dennis van Gils

Reputation: 3452

There are a couple of things wrong with your code. When using for to loop through a fileset, you should use for /R. Furthermore, %%~pA tries to get part of a variable named %%A, which you don't have. Also, you shouldn't forget to close your first for loop. Finally, you should use ~n and ~nx to get filename or filename+extension respectively.

Try this:

@echo off
for /R %%F in (*.eps) do (
    mkdir "%%~nF/HIGHRES"
    move "%%F" "%%~nF/HIGHRES/%%~nxF"
)
for /R %%F in (*.pdf) do (
    mkdir "%%~nF/LOWRES"
    move "%%F" "%%~nF/LOWRES/%%~nxF"
)

Upvotes: 2

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