Moving a large number of files in one directory to multiple directories
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I am looking to create a Windows batch script to move about 2,000 files and splitting them up so that there are 10 files per folder. I have attempted creating a batch script but the syntax really boggles my mind. Here is what I have so far
@echo off
:: Config parameters
set /a groupsize = 10
:: initial counter, everytime counter is 1, we create new folder
set /a n = 1
:: folder counter
set /a nf = 1
for %%f in (*.txt) do (
:: if counter is 1, create new folder
if %n% == 1 (
md folder%nf%
set /a n += 1
)
:: move file into folder
mv -Y %%f folder%nf%\%%f
:: reset counter if larger than group size
if %n% == %groupsize% (
set /a n = 1
) else (
set /a n += 1
)
)
pause
Basically what this script does is loop through each .txt file in the directory. It creates a new directory in the beginning and moves 10 files into that directory, then creates a new folder again and moves another 10 files into that directory, and so on. However, I'm having problems where the n
variable is not being incremented in the loop? I'm sure there's other errors too since the CMD window closes on me even with pause
. Any help or guidance is appreciated, thanks for your time!
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