Problem with copying files via CLI

[Quiltface]

I am trying to move files via the CLI... Lets say the file names are...

00009^20090411^00^Test Report^5 .stats^.rpt

I want to be able to move all the files that are from april in a command.

however my command of

move C:\test\00009^200904* d:\test

gives me an error of...

"A duplicate file name exists, or the file cannot be found."

however

move c:\test\00009^* d:\test

works just fine... but then ALL of the files get moved and not just the ones from that month. I cannot change the name of the files they are generated by a program

 

[tlarkin]

You should look into writing a small batch file that will loop through said directory and copy files you need done.

Unfortunately I don't know the windows command line like I do Unix. If you do this form a Linux box I could help you write a shell script.

Give me a bit and I can try to dabble my way through the windows stuff it can't be that hard.

 

[tlarkin]

actually it just dawned on me. Try looking into robocopy, it is in the resource kit and also I think standard now in Vista & Win7.

 

[Quiltface]

apparently the CLI is blind to the ^ i found this out when i tried to use robocopy and it said it diplayed my file as 00009200904...


so i just used quotes..


move c:\test\"00009^2000904"* d:\test

I hope this helps someone in the future.

Im kind of smacking myself for not thinking of that earlier.

 

[tlarkin]

yeah so just syntax error hehe I was waiting until I got home today to test it out since I don't have a windows machine near me at work....kind of weird that all my life I have had nothing but windows boxes near me, now at this job my whole office is nothing but Macs.

I just remembered robocopy being like a billion times more robust than just copy and move and it would spit out errors for you as well.

Glad it worked.