find files which contains certain string Jurgen Heijnen 6/2/2007 9:01:00 AM Hello scripters, Can someone help me creating a script which search for files which contains a certain string in the filename. the files are placed in 1 directory and there names differ, an example: 2383737.2006.01.csv of 4443335.2007.04.csv. Now I need to search the directory for the filename which contains the string "2007.04", which stands for "april 2007". Can somebody help or get me started thank you regards Jurgen

Re: find files which contains certain string "Richard Mueller [MVP]" <rlmueller-nospam[ at ]ameritech.nospam.net> 6/2/2007 2:23:34 PM Jurgen Heijnen wrote: [Quoted Text] > Can someone help me creating a script which search for files which > contains > a certain string in the filename. the files are placed in 1 directory and > there names differ, an example: 2383737.2006.01.csv of > 4443335.2007.04.csv. > Now I need to search the directory for the filename which contains the > string > "2007.04", which stands for "april 2007". > Can somebody help or get me started I have an example VBScript program that does this linked here: http://www.rlmueller.net/FindFiles.htm -- Richard Mueller Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net --

Re: find files which contains certain string "Al Dunbar" <AlanDrub[ at ]hotmail.com.nospaam> 6/2/2007 10:23:43 PM "Richard Mueller [MVP]" <rlmueller-nospam[ at ]ameritech.nospam.net> wrote in message news:eBFKdGSpHHA.4112[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Jurgen Heijnen wrote: > >> Can someone help me creating a script which search for files which >> contains >> a certain string in the filename. the files are placed in 1 directory and >> there names differ, I would hope that their names would differ - if not then they'd all be the same file. >> an example: 2383737.2006.01.csv of 4443335.2007.04.csv. >> Now I need to search the directory for the filename which contains the >> string >> "2007.04", which stands for "april 2007". >> Can somebody help or get me started > > I have an example VBScript program that does this linked here: > > http://www.rlmueller.net/FindFiles.htm Or, at a command prompt: dir {folder}\*.2007.04.csv Or if you want to have a script do something with the file once found, something like this in a batch script: pushd {folder} (set _ym=Enter year and month in yyyy.mm format: ) for %%F in (*.%_ym%.csv) do notepad %%F /Al

Re: find files which contains certain string "Richard Mueller [MVP]" <rlmueller-nospam[ at ]ameritech.nospam.net> 6/3/2007 1:48:18 AM "Al Dunbar" <AlanDrub[ at ]hotmail.com.nospaam> wrote in message news:uG12vSWpHHA.716[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > > "Richard Mueller [MVP]" <rlmueller-nospam[ at ]ameritech.nospam.net> wrote in > message news:eBFKdGSpHHA.4112[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Jurgen Heijnen wrote: >> >>> Can someone help me creating a script which search for files which >>> contains >>> a certain string in the filename. the files are placed in 1 directory >>> and >>> there names differ, > > I would hope that their names would differ - if not then they'd all be the > same file. > >>> an example: 2383737.2006.01.csv of 4443335.2007.04.csv. >>> Now I need to search the directory for the filename which contains the >>> string >>> "2007.04", which stands for "april 2007". >>> Can somebody help or get me started >> >> I have an example VBScript program that does this linked here: >> >> http://www.rlmueller.net/FindFiles.htm > > Or, at a command prompt: > > dir {folder}\*.2007.04.csv > > Or if you want to have a script do something with the file once found, > something like this in a batch script: > > pushd {folder} > (set _ym=Enter year and month in yyyy.mm format: ) > for %%F in (*.%_ym%.csv) do notepad %%F > > > /Al > Reading Al's answer I just realized I mis-understood the question. The script I linked searches for files that have a specified string in the file contents, not in the name of the file. The "dir" command seems the best solution. -- Richard Mueller Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net --

Re: find files which contains certain string Jurgen Heijnen 6/7/2007 5:38:04 AM Richard and All, Thank you very much for you answers, now I can fo further. best regards, Jurgen Heijnen "Richard Mueller [MVP]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > "Al Dunbar" <AlanDrub[ at ]hotmail.com.nospaam> wrote in message > news:uG12vSWpHHA.716[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > > > "Richard Mueller [MVP]" <rlmueller-nospam[ at ]ameritech.nospam.net> wrote in > > message news:eBFKdGSpHHA.4112[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >> Jurgen Heijnen wrote: > >> > >>> Can someone help me creating a script which search for files which > >>> contains > >>> a certain string in the filename. the files are placed in 1 directory > >>> and > >>> there names differ, > > > > I would hope that their names would differ - if not then they'd all be the > > same file. > > > >>> an example: 2383737.2006.01.csv of 4443335.2007.04.csv. > >>> Now I need to search the directory for the filename which contains the > >>> string > >>> "2007.04", which stands for "april 2007". > >>> Can somebody help or get me started > >> > >> I have an example VBScript program that does this linked here: > >> > >> http://www.rlmueller.net/FindFiles.htm > > > > Or, at a command prompt: > > > > dir {folder}\*.2007.04.csv > > > > Or if you want to have a script do something with the file once found, > > something like this in a batch script: > > > > pushd {folder} > > (set _ym=Enter year and month in yyyy.mm format: ) > > for %%F in (*.%_ym%.csv) do notepad %%F > > > > > > /Al > > > > Reading Al's answer I just realized I mis-understood the question. The > script I linked searches for files that have a specified string in the file > contents, not in the name of the file. The "dir" command seems the best > solution. > > -- > Richard Mueller > Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI > Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net > -- > > >

RE: find files which contains certain string Jurgen Heijnen 6/7/2007 7:36:01 AM Hello Richard and Al, Thank you for your answer, I'll now have some idea of how to start. I'll let you now the result. Best Regards, Jurgen Heijnen, Netherlands "Jurgen Heijnen" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hello scripters, > > Can someone help me creating a script which search for files which contains > a certain string in the filename. the files are placed in 1 directory and > there names differ, an example: 2383737.2006.01.csv of 4443335.2007.04.csv. > Now I need to search the directory for the filename which contains the string > "2007.04", which stands for "april 2007". > Can somebody help or get me started > > thank you > regards Jurgen