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rclark@iquest.net (Robert B. Clark) writes:
]swan@unlgrad1.unl.edu (Shu-Mei Wan) wrote:
]>I have 100 files need to copy.
]>Since it is routine work, I heard that we can use the batch file to
]>make it more efficiently.  I hope somebody out there can help me.  The
]>file's names are "filename1, filename2, ..., filename100" will go to the
]>directories name "dir1, dir2,..., dir100".  That is
]>
]> copy a:\filename1 c:\dir1
]> copy a:\filename2 c:\dir2
]> copy a:\filename3 c:\dir3
]
]rem The 'file' evar holds the base name of the file to be copied
]set file=foo
]for %a in (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do copy %file%%%a c:\dir%%a
]for %a in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do copy %file%1%%a c:\dir1%%a
]for %a in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do copy %file%2%%a c:\dir2%%a
]for %a in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do copy %file%3%%a c:\dir3%%a
]...
]for %a in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do copy %file%9%%a c:\dir9%%a
]copy %file%100 c:\dir100
]set file=
]
]This will copy files FOO1, FOO2, .. FOO100 to directories C:\DIR1,
]C:\DIR2, ... C:\DIR100, assuming they exist.
]
]Could be optimized, but it's easy enough to cut and paste the for loops,
]and the logic should be easier to follow in this form.

You're quite right, often it makes more sense to use the creative
abilities of your editor in producing a batch file, than to resort
to imaginative [mis]use of MSDOS commands.

However, in this particular case, I think it's possible to accomplish
the task in just two lines (the second being one long line):

for %%i in (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do xcopy a:filen%%i%%j dir%%i%%j\

for %%i in (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do command/c for %%j in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9) do xcopy a:filen%%i%%j dir%%i%%j\

With care, you should just narrowly escape the MSDOS limitation of a
command line length of about 127 chars. (Execute this as a .bat so
that the prompt doesn't rob you of a few chars, and if necessary you
can shorten the filenames on A: with RENAME, e.g., RENAME filen* f* )
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John Savage               koala@sydney.dialix.com.au