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Wes o'lee
Wes o'lee

Reputation: 29

How to find files that contain parenthesis using a batch file

I have a google script that outputs a text file of a list of songs (Artist / Title).

I have a folder of mp3's.

I have the following script that will use the text file to search the mp3 folder and move mp3's from the list to a new folder.

 CHCP 65001 > NUL

 FOR /F "usebackq delims=" %%I IN ("G:\My Drive\PopStream.txt") DO (
 xcopy /s "H:\RECORDED\The POP Stream\%%I" "H:\PREBROADCAST\The POP Stream\%%I*" 

 )

This works... almost.

The problem that I have is: If a song title has parenthesis "( )" it won't find and move the file.

EXAMPLE: "Sports Team - Happy (God's Own Country)"

The search will find no results. How can I make the search find these items?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 119

Answers (1)

Wes o'lee
Wes o'lee

Reputation: 29

After some lengthy research I found that it has nothing to do with parentheses. There is just a problem with that particular file. I have no clue why the search won't find it, but it does not.

Upvotes: 0

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