Batch script to get matching expression file name in a folder

Question

Using batch script, I go inside folder and in that folder, I've different files like -

ABc.txt
Pqr.png
.
.
Test-1.2.0.zip

Out of these file, I want to get name of a file which starts with Test and has extension .zip. In this case, Test-1.2.0.zip. As its version could be dynamic.

Could you please help me with the batch script to find Test-1.2.0.zip and return is as output?

Answer 1

By click right on windows logo in start bar choose "run" from the list and opene it. Then write this word "recent" and click OK. It will be open a recent folder on your laptop try search in it about your file.

Answer 2

Try using a For /F loop with:

where .:Strings/Characters+Wildcard+String/Characters

The where command assume "." as literal character, not Regex 1 Digit/Character:

1 Digit/character          <==>  ? 
1 or More Digit/Character  <==>  *

Test-  1 Digit/Character . 1 Digit/Character . 1 Digit/Character.zip        <==> Test-?.?.?.zip
Test-  1 Digit/Character . 1 Digit/Character . 1 or More Digit/Character:   <==> Test-?.?.*.zip

• Use For /F with %%~nxi (Name eXTension)

@echo off 

for /f useback^tokens^=* %%i in (`where .:"Test-?.?.?.zip"`)do echo\%%~nxi

• For Powershell:

Get-ChildItem -File '*.zip'| Where-Object {$_.Name -like 'Test-?.?.?.zip'} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name


# Or..
ls -af '*.zip'| ? {$_.Name -like 'Test-?.?.?.zip'} |select -Exp Name

• Results:

Test-1.2.0.zip
Test-1.2.1.zip
Test-1.2.2.zip
Test-1.2.3.zip
Test-1.2.4.zip
Test-1.2.5.zip
Test-1.2.6.zip
Test-1.2.7.zip
Test-1.2.8.zip
Test-1.2.9.zip

for /f useback^tokens^=* %%i in (`where .:"Test-?.?.*.zip"`)do echo\%%~nxi

• For Powershell:

Get-ChildItem -File '*.zip'| Where-Object {$_.Name -like 'Test-?.?.*.zip'} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name


# Or..
ls -af '*.zip'| ? {$_.Name -like 'Test-?.?.*.zip'} |select -Exp Name

• Results:

Test-1.2.0.zip
Test-1.2.1.zip
Test-1.2.10.zip
Test-1.2.11.zip
Test-1.2.12.zip
Test-1.2.13.zip
Test-1.2.14.zip
Test-1.2.15.zip
Test-1.2.16.zip
Test-1.2.17.zip
Test-1.2.18.zip
Test-1.2.19.zip
Test-1.2.2.zip
Test-1.2.20.zip
Test-1.2.3.zip
Test-1.2.4.zip
Test-1.2.5.zip
Test-1.2.6.zip
Test-1.2.7.zip
Test-1.2.8.zip
Test-1.2.9.zip

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• For Reverse Sort use for ... ^| Sort /r`) do ... in cmd/bat code, for PowerShell add | Sort-Object -Descending

for /f useback^tokens^=* %%i in (`where .:"Test-?.?.*.zip"^|sort /r`)do echo\%%~nxi

• For Powershell:

Get-ChildItem -File '*.zip'| Where-Object {$_.Name -like 'Test-?.?.*.zip'} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name | Sort-Object -Descending


# Or..
ls -af '*.zip'| ? {$_.Name -like 'Test-?.?.*.zip'} |select -Exp Name | Sort -Des

• Results:

Test-1.2.9.zip
Test-1.2.8.zip
Test-1.2.7.zip
Test-1.2.6.zip
Test-1.2.5.zip
Test-1.2.4.zip
Test-1.2.3.zip
Test-1.2.20.zip
Test-1.2.2.zip
Test-1.2.19.zip
Test-1.2.18.zip
Test-1.2.17.zip
Test-1.2.16.zip
Test-1.2.15.zip
Test-1.2.14.zip
Test-1.2.13.zip
Test-1.2.12.zip
Test-1.2.11.zip
Test-1.2.10.zip
Test-1.2.1.zip
Test-1.2.0.zip

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• Some further reading cmd/bat

  • Where

  • Where /ss64.com

  • For Loop

  • For /F Loop

  • Echo on | off | Strings

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• Some further reading powershell

  • Sort-Object | Sort

  • Select-Object | select

  • Where-Object | where | ?

  • Get-ChildItem | gci | ls