Windows Batch file to move X number of files from folder to folder

Question

I\'m trying to use a batch file to move files in blocks of 30 if there are less than 20 files in %DataLoc%. I modified code from a prior question. The problem

Answer 1

@echo off

set Source=C:\perl\Drift_Bat\IN
set Target=C:\perl\Drift_Bat\OUT

set MaxLimit=20

for /f "tokens=1* delims=[]" %%G in ('dir /A-D /B "%Source%\*.*" ^| find /v /n ""') do (
    move /y "%Source%\%%~nxH" "%Target%"
    if %%G==%MaxLimit% exit /b 0
)

Answer 2

Your script uses incorrect syntax for the loop variable in one of the two loops:

FOR %F IN (c:\Play\hold\*.tmp) DO …

Just try changing %F to %%F. Single percent sign plus letter is the syntax for loop variables when running loops directly from the command prompt. In batch scripts you should always use double-percent references for loop variables, just like in your FOR /F %%a loop.

Answer 3

I updated the code and got it to work by changing some things. Thanks Andy for the tips but I could not get it to work with the suggestions - I wouldn't be surprised if I did not follow them and that is on MY side, not yours.

  FOR /F %%G IN ('DIR /B "%HoldLoc%"\*.tmp') DO IF !SrcCount! LSS %SrcMax% (
   SET /A SrcCount += 1 
   Echo "%HoldLoc%"
   Echo "%%G%"
   Echo "%SrcCount%
   move /y "%HoldLoc%"\"%%G" "%DataLoc%"

)

Here is what I ended up with - longer but still functional:

SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

echo on
set DataMax=50
set DataLoc=C:\Test Data (x86)
Set HoldLoc=C:\Test Hold
set count=0
FOR /F %%a in ('DIR /B "%DataLoc%"\*.tmp') do set /A count=count+1
if %count% GEQ %DataMax% (Goto Exit) else (GOTO FMove)
:FMove
Echo Gather Top 30 files
set SrcCount=0
set SrcMax=30
FOR /F "TOKENS=*" %%a IN ('dir /A-D /O-D /B "%HoldLoc%"\*.tmp') DO (
        SET /A SrcCount += 1
        if !SrcCount! LEQ %SrcMax% (
        MOVE /y "%HoldLoc%\%%a" "%DataLoc%"
        )
    )
goto Exit
:Exit
close