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Number   :  7126
Date     :  2004-02-01
Author   :  Garry Deane
Subject  :  Re: Filename macro handling
Size(KB) :  0


--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, Michael Marquart  wrote:
> @echo off
> for /f "tokens=1,2* delims=-" %%a in ('dir \????-*.* /b') do (
> echo move "%%a-%%b" "%%a"
> )
> 
> Remove the echo when you're happy it's doing what you want.
> Requires NT.

Since there are about 10,000 files, the FOR /F command (being
memory limited) will probably fail after a few thousand files.
This is not a big deal because the batch can be re-run with
each run grabbing another few thousand files until all the
files are moved. Here's a lightly different version which
should avoid any memory constraints (a plain FOR without the
/F isn't memory sensitive):

@echo off
setlocal
for %%a in (????-*) do call :move %%a
goto :eof

:move
if not exist %1 goto :eof
set head=%1
set head=%head:~0,4%
echo moving %head%-* files
md %head%
move %head%-* %head%
goto :eof

Garry



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