I am very new to writing batch files and I cannot get the two newest files from one folder to copy into another folder. I have new folders automatically created everyday and I want to have them automatically move to the opposite place rather than having to move them manually everyday.
I was able to get the newest folder to move over but whenever I tried anything to get the second I had no luck. Any advice would be appreciated
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You can create a symbolic link to connect those directories so that they automatically saved in your preferred folder.– BiswapriyoCommented Jul 21, 2017 at 20:22
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Or can you have them automatically created in the correct location using whatever function is creating them?– HackSlashCommented Jul 21, 2017 at 21:04
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- Sort files backwards with
Dir /B /O-D /A-D - Number the files with
findstr /n - If number less or equal
Xnewest- move
@Echo off
Set "Xnewest=2"
For /F "tokens=1* delims=:" %%A in (
'Dir /B /A-D /O-D ^| Findstr /N "^"'
) Do If %%A Leq %Xnewest% echo Move "%%B" "X:\Path\to\dest\"
If the output looks OK, remove the echo in the last line.
Sample output:
> dir /A-D/O-D
Directory of A:\
07/21/2017 23:19 315 SU_1232190.cmd
07/21/2017 14:58 778 SO_45225802.cmd
07/19/2017 10:51 158 PassMinMax.cmd
07/19/2017 00:50 37 WhoStartedMe.cmd
07/18/2017 01:32 1.222 SO_45137227.cmd
5 File(s) 2.510 bytes
0 Dir(s) 1.049.776.128 bytes free
> SU_1232190.cmd
Move "SU_1232190.cmd" "X:\Past\to\dest\"
Move "SO_45225802.cmd" "X:\Past\to\dest\"
