[sorrow]

Hi, I'm running WinXP Pro SP2 (fully updated) and trying to create either a manually run command line tool, or a bash script for later use. The objective is to go through my root music folder and copy all of the zunealbumart.jpg and / or zunecustomalbumart.jpg files and paste them into the same directory now named folder.jpg

So far I have gotten this command to get close, but it comes back telling me that "The system cannot find the file specified." Any ideas?

C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music>for /R %d in ("c:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\") do copy %dz*.jpg %d\folder.jpg

This is in a test directory, but I'll eventually be running it on an external hard drive in a similar directory tree.

Cheers!
Edit - oh, and I got that idea mostly from here: http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=14965

[devil_himself]

Is This What You Want ?

@echo off
setlocal
pushd "c:\pictures"
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /b /a-d /s zune*.jpg') do copy "%%a" "c:\new pictures"
popd
endlocal

[sorrow]

I think its very similar to what I'm looking for, but I'm hoping to put the new folder.jpg files into the same folder as the original .jpg

[devil_himself]

Yes .. Why Not

@echo off
setlocal
set /a cnt=1
pushd "c:\pictures"
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /b /a-d /s *.jpg') do call :PROCESS "%%a"
popd
endlocal
goto :EOF
:PROCESS
copy %1 folder%cnt%.jpg
set /a cnt+=1

[devil_himself]

Lol ..i'm Confused ...

Lets say their is a folder in C:\pictures .... inside C:\pictures their are Multiple folders ... all folders have only 1 picture inside it .. you need to copy and rename it to the same folder ...

@echo off
setlocal
pushd "c:\pictures"
for /r %%a in (.) do copy %%a\*.jpg %%a\folder.jpg
popd
endlocal

FOR /R - http://www.ss64.com/nt/for_r.html

[sorrow]

Still nothing -- I wish that I knew more about bash scripts so I could be at least somewhat helpful on this!

Here is the sample directory that I'm running it on so you can get a better idea. I'm trying to have the folder.jpg in the same folder as the original zunealbumart.jpg

C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\dir.txt
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Evil Empire
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Live @ Coachella 2007
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Renegades
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Evil Empire\Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire - 01 - People Of The Sun.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Evil Empire\Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire - 02 - Bulls On Parade.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Evil Empire\Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire - 03 - Vietnow.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Evil Empire\Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire - 04 - Revolver.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Evil Empire\Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire - 05 - Snakecharmer.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Evil Empire\Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire - 06 - Tire Me.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Evil Empire\Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire - 07 - Down Rodeo.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Evil Empire\Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire - 08 - Without A Face.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Evil Empire\Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire - 09 - Wind Below.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Evil Empire\Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire - 10 - Roll Right.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Evil Empire\Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire - 11 - Year Of Tha Boomerang.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Evil Empire\ZuneAlbumArt.jpg
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Evil Empire\ZuneCustomAlbumArt.jpg
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Live @ Coachella 2007\Rage Against The Machine - Live @ Coachella 2007 - 01 - People Of The Sun.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Live @ Coachella 2007\Rage Against The Machine - Live @ Coachella 2007 - 05 - Bullet In The Head.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Live @ Coachella 2007\Rage Against The Machine - Live @ Coachella 2007 - 05 - Bulls On Parade.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Live @ Coachella 2007\Rage Against The Machine - Live @ Coachella 2007 - 06 - Know Your Enemy.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Live @ Coachella 2007\Rage Against The Machine - Live @ Coachella 2007 - 09 - Down Rodeo.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Live @ Coachella 2007\Rage Against The Machine - Live @ Coachella 2007 - 10 - Bombtrack.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Live @ Coachella 2007\Rage Against The Machine - Live @ Coachella 2007 - 11 - Testify.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Live @ Coachella 2007\ZuneCustomAlbumArt.jpg
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - 01 - Bombtrack.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - 02 - Killing In The Name.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - 03 - Take The Power Back.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - 04 - Settle For Nothing.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - 05 - Bullet In The Head.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - 06 - Know Your Enemy.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - 07 - Wake Up.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - 08 - Fistful Of Steel.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - 09 - Township Rebellion.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - 10 - Freedom.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Rage Against The Machine\ZuneAlbumArt.jpg
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Renegades\Rage Against The Machine - Renegades - 01 - Microphone Fiend.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Renegades\Rage Against The Machine - Renegades - 02 - Pistol Grip Pump.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Renegades\Rage Against The Machine - Renegades - 03 - Kick Out The Jams.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Renegades\Rage Against The Machine - Renegades - 04 - Renegades Of Funk.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Renegades\Rage Against The Machine - Renegades - 05 - Beautiful World.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Renegades\Rage Against The Machine - Renegades - 06 - I'm Housin'.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Renegades\Rage Against The Machine - Renegades - 07 - In My Eyes.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Renegades\Rage Against The Machine - Renegades - 08 - How I Could Just Kill A Man.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Renegades\Rage Against The Machine - Renegades - 09 - The Ghost Of Tom Joad.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Renegades\Rage Against The Machine - Renegades - 10 - Down On The Street.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Renegades\Rage Against The Machine - Renegades - 11 - Street Fighting Man.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Renegades\Rage Against The Machine - Renegades - 12 - Maggie's Farm.mp3
C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Machine\Renegades\ZuneCustomAlbumArt.jpg

[devil_himself]

The Script I Posted In Post #5 Should Do It

[sorrow]

I've tried it in a couple of different ways without luck.. I've put it one of the subdirectories, tried changing the "c:\pictures" to both the directory & the subdirectory, but so far haven't had any luck Oh, and I also tried it copying it directly into the bash file as it was.

[devil_himself]

Give This a Shot ... This is a Batch[cmd] Script Not Bash .

Batch file - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batch_file
Bash - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash

@echo off
setlocal
set root=C:\pictures
 
for /f "tokens=*" %%g in ('dir "%root%" /A:D /B') do (
 for /f "tokens=*" %%h in ('dir "%root%\%%g" /A:D /B') do (
  for %%i in ("%root%\%%g\%%h\*.jpg") do copy "%%i" "%root%\%%g\%%h\folder.jpg"
  
 )
)

Assumes Their Are only Two Higher Directories After The Root Folder

Like -- C:\Pictures\Folder1\Folder1

Not Like - C:\Pictures\Folder1\Folder1\another fodler

[sorrow]

Ok, now I'm just at a loss - in my limited knowledge of these things it seems like that must work, but still no luck! Is there a way to prevent the batch (and thank you for clarifying that) from closing so I can see what kind of output the terminal is giving - and show it to you?

[devil_himself]

Open Command Prompt ... Start > Run > cmd

navigate To The Path Where The Script Is Placed

If It Is Placed At Desktop

Then

Cd Desktop

If The Name Of The Script Is recurse.bat

Then

Recurse.bat

[sorrow]

Odd- shouldn't there be some output when I run the bat? I've navigated to the folder in question & run the script, but nothing happens.

[devil_himself]

Here Ya Go Again .. lol Kill Me If This Didn't Worked

save as "Recurse.bat" With Quotes

@echo off
pushd "c:\pictures"
setlocal
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /a /b /s *.jpg 2^>NUL') do call :PROCESS "%%a" "%%~da%%~pa"
goto :EOF
:PROCESS
copy %1 "%~2folder.jpg"

[sorrow]

Ahhh, now its definitely close! I ran it via double clicking the file and nothing happened, but when I accessed it via the command line - well here is a snip of the output:

C:\Documents and Settings\insanity.FIDO\Desktop\Temp Music\Rage Against The Mach
ine\Renegades\ZuneCustomAlbumArt.jpg
The system cannot find the file specified.
        0 file(s) copied.

[devil_himself]

Tell Me The Output

@echo off
pushd "c:\pictures"
setlocal
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /a /b /s *.jpg 2^>NUL') do echo %%a & call :PROCESS "%%a" "%%~da%%~pa"
goto :EOF
:PROCESS
Echo copy %1 "%~2folder.jpg"
pause

To Copy Everything From The Command Box .. Right Click .. Select All ... Hit Enter To copy