{"id":11916,"date":"2022-09-29T00:26:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T18:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-batch-file-to-copy-and-rename-files-from-multiple-directories\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T00:26:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T18:56:42","slug":"solved-batch-file-to-copy-and-rename-files-from-multiple-directories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-batch-file-to-copy-and-rename-files-from-multiple-directories\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Batch file to copy and rename files from multiple directories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-38658281\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"38658281\" data-parentid=\"38650536\" data-score=\"4\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Here is a short batch code for this task:<\/p>\n<pre><code>@echo off\npushd \"C:\\Temp\\Data\"\nif not exist \"Output\\*\" md Output\nfor \/D %%D in (*) do (\n    if \/I not \"%%D\" == \"Output\" (\n        for %%J in (\"%%D\\plots\\*.jpeg\") do (\n            copy \/B \/Y \"%%~fJ\" \"Output\\%%D-%%~nxJ\" &gt;nul\n        )\n    )\n)\npopd\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Specify in second line the path to directory <code>Data<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>The batch file creates first the directory <code>Output<\/code> if not already existing.<\/p>\n<p>Next command <strong>FOR<\/strong> is used to process more commands on each subdirectory of directory <code>Data<\/code>. The subdirectory <code>Output<\/code> is skipped using an <strong>IF<\/strong> condition.<\/p>\n<p>The inner <strong>FOR<\/strong> searches for each subdirectory found by outer <strong>FOR<\/strong> in subdirectory <code>plots<\/code> like <code>SIAE02203\\plots<\/code> for <code>*.jpeg<\/code> files and copies all found JPEG files to directory <code>Output<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>The success message of command <strong>COPY<\/strong> is redirected to device <strong>NUL<\/strong> to suppress it.<\/p>\n<p>Input example structure for directory <code>C:\\Temp\\Data<\/code>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SIAE02203<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>plots<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>backup<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>backup_plot.jpeg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>image.jpg<\/li>\n<li><em>plot.jpeg<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>images<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>image.jpg<\/li>\n<li>plot.jpeg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>photo.jpeg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>TIAE03208<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>plots<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>another.jpeg<\/em><\/li>\n<li>ignored.jpg<\/li>\n<li><em>plot.jpeg<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contents of <code>C:\\Temp\\Data<\/code> after batch execution:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Output<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>SIAE02203-plot.jpeg<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>TIAE03208-another.jpeg<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>TIAE03208-plot.jpeg<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>SIAE02203<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>plots<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>backup<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>backup_plot.jpeg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>image.jpg<\/li>\n<li><em>plot.jpeg<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>images<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>image.jpg<\/li>\n<li>plot.jpeg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>photo.jpeg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>TIAE03208<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>plots<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>another.jpeg<\/em><\/li>\n<li>ignored.jpg<\/li>\n<li><em>plot.jpeg<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For understanding the used commands and how they work, open a command prompt window, execute there the following commands, and read entirely all help pages displayed for each command very carefully.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>copy \/?<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>echo \/?<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>for \/?<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>if \/?<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>popd \/?<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>pushd \/?<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See also the Microsoft article about <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/bb490982.aspx\">Using command redirection operators<\/a> for an explanation of <code>&gt;nul<\/code>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">1<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved Batch file to copy and rename files from multiple directories <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Here is a short batch code for this task: @echo off pushd &#8220;C:\\Temp\\Data&#8221; 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