I have a folder with many subfolders (1000+) and inside the subfolders are a few excel files, in .xlsx format. I want to run a batch script from the main folder, which goes into each sub folder and changes each .xlsx Excel file into a .csv Excel file.
The formatting of the file system:
MainFolder
---subfolder1
----->file1.xlsx
---subfolder2
----->file2.xlsx
etc.
From this thread: Convert XLS to CSV on command line, I figured out that I can't just rename each .xlsx to .csv, so I made the ExceltoCSV.vbs file (the modified ScottF answer, second one down). My understanding is that I can make a for loop in a batch file to run ExceltoCSV.vbs for each sub folder. The following line of code is something i attempted, but it didn't work. It usually says *.xlsx file is not found.
for /R %%F in ("C:\MainFolder") do cscript ExceltoCSV.vbs *.xlsx *.csv
Also tried this:
for /d /r "C:\MainFolder" %%F in (.) do cscript ExceltoCSV.vbs "%%F\*.xlsx" *.csv
Error message:
C:\MainFolder\ExceltoCSV.vbs(17,1) Microsoft Excel: 'C:\MainFolder\folder1\*.xlsx' could not be found. Check the spelling of the file name, and verify that the file location is correct.
The VBS script you got from SO only takes a string as an input. What you'll need to do is create a loop with a regex pattern that builds those file names dynamically and then run the script with an input string representing each file name. Pseudo code:
for loop (iterate over file names in dir){
set $file_name=$iterated_file_name_from_loop
ExceltoCSV.vbs "$file_name.xlsx" *.csv
}
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I would like to achieve the following in CMD:
Will search for a specific filename - This I know how to do, with dir /s filename
Once found it will bring me to that path.
Example: I am now on C:\, if that file was found in C:\test then it will open C:\test in command prompt.
Alternatively, I would like just to copy the found file to a path I will specify. I just don't know how to do it, since I don't know the path where the file will be stored (it's different every time).
Thanks in advance!
I'm a liitle confused with your question but I will try to walk you through a batch code I wrote to help you with this.
dir /b /s "test.txt" > "%userprofile%/Desktop/result.txt"
::find the file path to the file you want to find and insert it in a .txt file
::you made called result.txt (also %userprofile% is a variable that brings you to
::your user directory ex C:/users/admin)
for /F "tokens=*" %%A in (%userprofile%/desktop/result.txt) do (
set var1=%%A
)
::set the variable var1 equal to the first (well... only) line in the file.
::I could explain what that for loop means in detail but just remember that %%A
::is a variable set from what was found when looping through the result.txt.
xcopy /s "%var1%" "C:/wherever/you/want/it/to/go"
did this help??
I need to move 300 images from a folder (contains 800 images) to another folder. The file name list of these 300 images are available in the excel format. Is it possible to move them via programming instead of search the file and move it one by one? Our IT told me he can't separate these files. Do you have any solution? Many thanks in advance!!!
Here's one way of doing this - I am assuming you are on Windows. First, save text file called ListOfImages.txt that contains the names of the images you wish to move - put one image on each line and include the extension. Then, save the following into a file called movefiles.cmd:
#echo off
set Source=C:\Users\YourName\Desktop\moving\MovingFrom
set Target=C:\Users\YourName\Desktop\moving\MovingTo
set FileList=C:\Users\YourName\Desktop\moving\ListOfImages.txt
echo.
if not exist "%Source%" echo Source folder "%Source%" not found & goto Exit
if not exist "%FileList%" echo File list "%FileList%" not found & goto Exit
if not exist "%Target%" md "%Target%"
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('type "%FileList%"') do move "%Source%\%%a" "%Target%"
:Exit
echo.
echo press the Space Bar to close this window.
pause > nul
You will want to change the variables for Source, Target, and FileList to match where you have those folders and the ListOfImages.txt on your machine. After you have saved this file (make sure it has the .cmd extension, you should be able to double-click it and it will run the commands in your Command Prompt.
For example, say my MovingFrom folder contains the following:
And I only want to move Image1.png and Image2.png -- then my ListOfImages.txt file would like this:
After running moveFiles.cmd (provided I have changed the necessary variables to point to the right folders/places on my machine), my MovingTo folder should contain the following:
Notice that Image2.png was not moved because it was not listed in the ListOfImages.txt text file.
I am trying to write a batch file that reads from excel file. then move them to a specique folder.
lets say in the excel , there are:
111.txt
222.txt
333.txt
512.txt
I want a batch file that move files into a specific directory that have the above names.
how can I achieve that ?
(I am using xp , and I the directory is D:)
cd /d "d:\files"
for /f %%i in ("C:\where the file resides\file.csv") do (
echo move "%%i" "D:\New\"
)
remove the echo if output seems ok
I need to know how to perform an advanced search on a text file using tools like notepad++, freecommander and windows if possible. A bat script file will be great.
The problem is that i need to search through about 1000 txt files in a directory. I need to know form those 1000 txt files which have a string in the form of for example "SYR_SHA/245/4". I just want it search for the pattern for example *****_******/*****/****** where * are characters that can change in number.
There must be an _ between the first and second set of characters as seen above in the example.
the script should go through the entire txt file and search for the above pattern. The script should then Move all the results in to a seperate directory
Many Thanks
Create this batch file and copy it into your folder where you have all the 1000 .txt files
Change the yourdestinationdirectory directory and run the batch file
#Echo Off
FindStr /M /R "[a-zA-Z]*_[a-zA-Z]*\/[0-9]*\/[0-9]*" *.Txt > findstr.out
For /F "tokens=*" %%a In (FindStr.out) Do call :move_Rtns %%a
del FindStr.out
Exit /B
:move_rtns
copy %1 yourdestinationdirectory\*
del /Q %1
Exit /B
Please change the Regex according to your requirement, for eg. If you are expecting number and letter together you can replace [a-zA-z] with [a-zA-Z0-9]
Good luck
I'm looking for batch file code that will copy folders specified in a text file.
So in the text file
C:\User\
C:\Random\Random\Random
and so on.
The destination will be set at N:\Backups\PC
Thanks
set dest=N:\Backups\PC
for /f %%i in (C:\dirs.txt) do copy "%%i" %dest%