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How can I create a bat script to find the newest log file in a folder?

Hello,

How can I create a bat script to find the newest log file in a folder?

Also, how can I place the date in a file name with only two digets for the year

Thanks,

Asher.
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Try these:

@echo off
set Folder=C:\Temp
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /o:d /b "%Folder%\*.log"') do set LatestLog=%%a
echo The latest log file is %LatestLog%
 
 
@echo off
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/" %%a in ("%Date%") do (
  set mm=%%a
  set dd=%%b
  set yyyy=%%c
)
set yy=%yyyy:~2%
set MyDate=%yy%-%mm%-%dd%
echo Date in format yy-mm-dd: %MyDate%

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That's great! thank you so much!

How would I replicate the Lastest File part to look for the latest Folder beginning with W3SVC?

Thanks,

Asher.
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thanks much for that, had a hard time finding this snipplet, and was very helpful.