Help with creating a move script

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mtgmailing
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Help with creating a move script

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I'm trying to make a simple Windows batch file to move completed folders based on if they contain a string in the path, I tried messing around with it but I'm sure I'm just doing something stupid and would appreciate some help.

What I am trying to use is a simple line like

cd %1 if exist *string* move %1 E:\folder

but it gives me an error that the syntax is incorrect
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Re: Help with creating a move script

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from the top of my head you would want something like the following in your batch file :

for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir d:\source\*searchterm* /b/a:d') do move d:\source\%%a d:\destination\

replace searchterm with the string you are looking for.. d:\source\ and d:\destination of course with the appropriate directories
be sure to use quotes if there's a chance of a space being in your searchterm

the /b/a:d behind dir means nothing more than :
/b : bare output, so only the file/directoryname including a possible extension
/a:d : only process directories
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Re: Help with creating a move script

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maybe not the nicest readable .. what was I thinking.. there's the /D switch as well.. sorry I'm a bit tired :-)

above does work, but it's not the shortest, nicest, and lotsa tokens and switches to think of :

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@ECHO ON & CLS
SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
FOR /D %%a IN (D:\SOURCE\*blond*) DO MOVE "%%a" D:\DESTINATION
Even tested it for you and :

[ Orion@Oldskool-Desktop ] at 02-05-2016 - 2:55:24,43 on [ D:\ ]
$ MOVE "D:\SOURCE\Heute Bin Ich Blond (2013)" D:\DESTINATION
1 dir(s) moved.

[ Orion@Oldskool-Desktop ] at 02-05-2016 2:55:24,43 on [ D:\ ]
$
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Re: Help with creating a move script

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Thanks Orion, for some reason the second one gave access denied error, but the first one worked.
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