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Creating folder using part of filename!
- Hi,
I am new to these script and so I need help!!!
These are filenames (karaoke songs) that resides in a folder with the artist's name (3 Doors Down):
CB30054-13 - 3 Doors Down - Here By Me.zip
CBE3-25-12 - 3 Doors Down - Be Like That.zip
All my karaokes are named in this format: Song ID - Artist - Song Title.zip
All karaokes for one Artist are in one folder named with the Artist name.
So in my folder called: 3 Doors Down, I have all their songs. I can have different
Song ID for the same Song Title. I want a script that will move all the files with the same
Song Titles in to one folder using that Song Title for the folder name. All the new created folders needs
to resides in the original (3 Doors Down) folder.
Shortly:
- I want to use the song title (When I'm Gone) and create a folder using that name.
- Then, move these files in their proper folder just created
Thank you for your help,
Michel
All Replies
- Firstly, im new to vbscript. so i just regard your question as homework, lol, below just for your reference
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Dim f,x,n,a,b,newFolder
' your songs folder path
x="C:\songs\3 Doors Down\"
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set f = fso.GetFolder(x)
For each file in f.files
n=fso.getfilename(file)
a=split(n,".",2,1)
b=split(a(0)," - ",-1,0)
Set newFolder=fso.createfolder(x&b(2))
fso.movefile file,newFolder&"\"
Next
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-hayden - I wonder if this powershell will work for you...
# Use content of source directory to create new directories
# and copy files into the new directory tree
$SourcePath = "$home\Desktop\Music"
$TargetPath = "$home\Desktop\OrganizedMusic"
ForEach($Line in (gci $SourcePath -Include *.zip -Recurse )){
$Folder = $Line.Name.Split("-")[-1]
$Folder = $Folder.Split(".")[0]
If (!(Test-Path -path "$TargetPath\$Folder")) {
New-Item "$TargetPath\$Folder" -Type Directory
}
Copy-Item $Line "$TargetPath\$Folder"
}
