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Since you have a sensible naming convention (that is, yyyymmdd instead of mmddyyyy), you can just use a regular directory sorting and pick the last one. The script below is in <b>test mode</b> and will only display the copy command; remove the uppercase ECHO in front of &quot;copy&quot; to run it for real: 
<pre><code id="code-20-38755914-1">@echo off
setlocal
set SourceFolder=C:\Source
set TargetFolder=C:\Target
set Prefix=PDF Flash Color Daily Sales Flash
for /f &quot;delims=&quot; %%a in ('dir /b /o:n &quot;%SourceFolder%\%Prefix%*.pdf&quot;') do set LatestFile=%%a
echo Latest file: %LatestFile%
ECHO copy &quot;%SourceFolder%\%LatestFile%&quot; &quot;%TargetFolder%&quot;</code></pre>
If the actual time stamps of the files are correct, you could use those, too, by changing &quot;/o:n&quot; to &quot;/o:d&quot; in line 6.
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Since you have a sensible naming convention (that is, yyyymmdd instead of mmddyyyy), you can just use a regular directory sorting and pick the last one. The script below is in test mode and will only display the copy command; remove the uppercase ECHO in front of "copy" to run it for real:

@echo off
setlocal
set SourceFolder=C:\Source
set TargetFolder=C:\Target
set Prefix=PDF Flash Color Daily Sales Flash
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /o:n "%SourceFolder%\%Prefix%*.pdf"') do set LatestFile=%%a
echo Latest file: %LatestFile%
ECHO copy "%SourceFolder%\%LatestFile%" "%TargetFolder%"

If the actual time stamps of the files are correct, you could use those, too, by changing "/o:n" to "/o:d" in line 6.

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Hello,<br />
<br />
Can someone help me, &nbsp;<br />
<br />
I’m having 2 &nbsp;files named the same way but having &nbsp;the &nbsp;date stamp and second stamp at the end ( YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM-SS)<br />
<br />
Exemple : PDF Flash Color Daily Sales Flash2013-01-08 08.32.41.326.pdf &nbsp;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; PDF Flash Color Daily Sales Flash2013-01-08 08.45.41.326.pdf <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
And I would like to ensure to copy only the most resent one. How can I do that ?<br />
<br />
This need to be done in batch.<br />
<br />
Thanks a lot
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Hello,

Can someone help me,  

I’m having 2  files named the same way but having  the  date stamp and second stamp at the end ( YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM-SS)

Exemple : PDF Flash Color Daily Sales Flash2013-01-08 08.32.41.326.pdf  
    PDF Flash Color Daily Sales Flash2013-01-08 08.45.41.326.pdf 



And I would like to ensure to copy only the most resent one. How can I do that ?

This need to be done in batch.

Thanks a lot

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