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pow

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4th Jun 08 at 13:49

Help!

If I wanted to copy a document 40 times using a batch file, easy giving a different name pulled from a list, how could I/could I do it?

jamesw

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4th Jun 08 at 13:55

so copy the same document 40 times, but each of those 40 documents have different names that are in a list?

[Edited on 04-06-2008 by jamesw]

jamesw

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4th Jun 08 at 13:58

for /f "tokens=1 delims= " %%a in (list.txt) do copy documenttobecopied.doc %%a.doc

pow

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4th Jun 08 at 14:35

Yes.

Excel document needs to be named after each of the pupils in the yeargroup? will that work?

Thanks

jamesw

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4th Jun 08 at 17:09

yes below will work fine, where the file you are wanting to copy is called master.xls, and the list is called pupils.txt this also presumes the list is just a text file with an entry on each line, is this the case, or are you using a csv file? Tweak it slightly as the above one would only have used there first name

for /f "tokens=1 delims=" %%a in (pupils.txt) do copy master.xls "%%a.xls"

pow

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5th Jun 08 at 10:19

Thanks alot, i'll give it a go

pow

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5th Jun 08 at 10:22

C:\Users\David Powell\Desktop\Temp>for /f "tokens=1 delims=" %%a in (pupils.txt)
do copy master.xlsx "%%a.xlsx"
%%a was unexpected at this time.

Using Office 07 hence xlsx

Whats going wrong?

jamesw

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5th Jun 08 at 10:33

Its because its been ran direct from command prompt rather than a batch file. To get it to work from command prompt just need to trim some % of, the below should work direct from command prompt

for /f "tokens=1 delims=" %a in (pupils.txt) do copy master.xlsx "%a.xlsx"

if you still get stuck im on msn - james@arnisoncruise.co.uk

pow

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5th Jun 08 at 10:51

Oh brilliant, thanks sooo much mate

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