looking for automated file sorting program.

[nick101181]

Hi,

I have several large folders with lots of files in them. What I'm looking for in example is a program that will take all of the files with a certain name and send them to a relating folder with the same name. For example if I have say 20 videos named Smurf, the program would move all 20 to a folder named Smurf. Basically I'm working with a lot of flv's with different names but some are related by name and content and I need them in their own folder.

Has anyone heard of a program like this?

Thanks

[DB83]

I remember such a program a long time back. It was called DOS

[nick101181]

Unfortunately I'm not all that versed in DOS. I would say It may be better suited if it was something that could routinely monitor the source folder then sort files as they are created in the folder. Basically what I'm doing is recording streams into a folder then manually sorting them later and it takes hours upon hours.

[DB83]

Well here is a little DOS code I just found and modified:

setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set /a c=0
FOR %%i in (smurf*.flv) do (
set /a c=c+1
move "%%i" "smurf"!c!
)
endlocal

essentially 'smurf*' is any flv that starts with smurf. When a file is located it is moved to a folder previously created called smurf.

Run the code in the command window in the folder where the files are.

[DB83]

Thinking back to my usenet days, the one program that could shift files automatically was called 'Hunter'.

This program would not normally help you here since you are the original creator. It worked on the principal that you created a CSV (using the program) of files in your own collection. You then shared the CSV with other collectors who used their copy of the same program to check their own files against the CSV, rename them if neccessary or even locate duplicates, and then move them in to folders according to the structure of the original.

I suppose you could use this to create a CSV. You would then have to edit it to include the folders where you want to place the files and then run the program against your edited CSV. By that time you could have manually created the folders and drag/droppd the files in to them. Use a naming convention that allows you to do sorts within Windows Explorer which then makes it easy to highlight a group of files and drag/drop them.

[Constant Gardener]

Go directly to http://www.jpsoft.com and get a copy of Take Command! - it will work for thirty days. It will do exactly what you want, including monitoring a folder, with a little programming. It's DOS on steroids, updated for Windows.

[nick101181]

Thanks everyone,

I'll give those solutions a try

[roma_turok]

Belvedere can automatically move files by name, I use it for TV shows: