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How to extract certain file types from complex folder structure?

Hi,
I've a "complex", deep foldere structure on Win7 and want to extract - recursively - all JPEG, all PDFs etc. from this structure and store all to a separate folder. I'm sure this can be done with a small command shell script, but how?
Regards

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Bill Prew

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Ben Personick (Previously QCubed)

@ola why woudl you use TCommander which must be downloaded and installed and I believe paid for, when there is a perfect solution already availabel natively in the operating system for free and the task itself is obviously perfect for a script?

@Go4JavaI would have written a script almost exactly as Bill did, I think you should go with his methods.

artoaperjan

Hi
if you are going to do this only once or once in a year than use the simple search with windows.
if you are going to do this every day then scripting.

if you are going to use the windows search then search the top folder for the extention for example *JPEG and it will find all the files just select them and move them to where you want.

Ben Personick (Previously QCubed)

@art windows search is painfully time consuming if:

1. you are running the classic search (Win XP/2003 and prior)
2. you are running in an unindexed location
3. and IMO even the live search for old versions of windows is really pretty slow. (Honestly I have an issue witht the speed of the search even in Vista. I think only 7 gets it right.)

ALSO: Using the Windows OS File Copy feature (and the MOVE feature when between different hard disks) requires a lot of additional useless overhead to calculate transfer times and speeds, the script will be much faster.

Also and I knwo here I'm just splitting hairs, but, he didn't mention which MS OS he is running under, it's possible he may even be doing this in MSDOS as he tagged it.. Though I imagine he's probably on XP, 2k3, or 7..

Bill Prew

Thanks, glad that was helpful.

~bp