I just created my first Batch file, to organise my mobile phone pictures into folders (on Windows). It worked, I am just wondering if there is a more efficient way in coding this, as in its current form I would have to go through all possible combinations of years and months.
if exist 2018*.* md 2018
if exist 2019*.* md 2019
if exist 2020*.* md 2020
move 2018*.* 2018
move 2019*.* 2019
move 2020*.* 2020
if exist 2018\????_03_*.* md 2018\March
if exist 2018\????_04_*.* md 2018\April
if exist 2018\????_05_*.* md 2018\May
move 2018\????_04_*.* 2018\April
move 2018\????_05_*.* 2018\May
move 2018\????_03_*.* 2018\March
if exist 2019\????_03_*.* md 2019\March
if exist 2019\????_04_*.* md 2019\April
if exist 2019\????_05_*.* md 2019\May
move 2019\????_04_*.* 2019\April
move 2019\????_05_*.* 2019\May
move 2019\????_03_*.* 2019\March
if exist 2020\????_03_*.* md 2020\March
if exist 2020\????_04_*.* md 2020\April
if exist 2020\????_05_*.* md 2020\May
move 2020\????_04_*.* 2020\April
move 2020\????_05_*.* 2020\May
move 2020\????_03_*.* 2020\March
@echo off
for /f "tokens=1,2,* delims=_" %%A in ('
dir /b /a-d ????_??_*.* ^| findstr /b "20[0-9][0-9]_"
') do (
for %%D in (
"01 January"
"02 February"
"03 March"
"04 April"
"05 May"
"06 June"
"07 July"
"08 August"
"09 September"
"10 October"
"11 November"
"12 December"
) do (
for /f "tokens=1,2" %%E in ("%%~D") do (
if "%%~B" == "%%~E" (
if not exist "%%~A\%%~F\" md "%%~A\%%~F\"
if exist "%%~A\%%~F\" move "%%~A_%%~B_%%~C" "%%~A\%%~F\" >nul
)
)
)
)
This uses the ????_??_*.* pattern and is allowed if findstr detects the 1st four characters as digits of a year in the 21st century with a following underscore. It then gets the month from the 2 digits in the 2nd token. It checks if directory year\month\ exists and creates it if not exist. If directory year\month\ exist, copies the file into the directory.
for variables:
A year digitsB month digitsC remainder of filenameD month digits and nameE month digitsF month nameView for /? for help with understanding a for loop.