Batch script for loop with prefix

Question

I've written a batch script which processes a series of files, but now I want it to copy the output files to the correct directory.

for %%f in (closecaption_*.txt) do (
  "%cd%\bin\captioncompiler.exe" "%cd%\%%f"
  copy /y "%cd%\%%f" "Z:\Users\jbzdarkid\"
)
pause

Currently, this script will copy all of the .txt files into my home directory. However, I want it to move the .dat files (the output) into my directory instead. Ideally, it would only move the new .dat files, i.e. the ones that have just been processed.

I would like to be able to do something like this:

for %%f.txt in (closecaption_*.txt) do (
  "%cd%\bin\captioncompiler.exe" "%cd%\%%f.txt"
  copy /y "%cd%\%%f.dat" "Z:\Users\jbzdarkid\"
)
pause

however this does not work.

Magoo · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-04 21:28:01Z

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for %%f in (closecaption_*.txt) do (
  "%cd%\bin\captioncompiler.exe" "%cd%\%%f"
  copy /y "%cd%\%%~nf.dat" "Z:\Users\jbzdarkid\"
)
pause

should work, if my crystal ball is working correctly. It selects the name-par of %%f.

Some examples would have made the matter clearer.

answered Jan 4, 2015 at 21:28

Magoo

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Alan · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-05 15:12:28Z

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The following code should work:

for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=." %%f in ('dir /a-d /b "%cd%\closecaption_*.txt"') do (
    "%cd%\bin\captioncompiler.exe" "%cd%\%%f"
    copy /y "%cd%\%%f.dat" "Z:\Users\jbzdarkid\"
)
pause

answered Jan 5, 2015 at 15:12

Alan

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