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Script to create subdirectories

Hi experts,
I use about 1000 directories for my documents etc. but now I want to create sub-directories in each one. Thanks for the help

I have :

client1
client2
client3
...

And i want :

client1
-subA
----sub1
-------subK
-------subL
----sub2
-------subM
-------subN
----sub3
-------subO
-------subP
-subB
----sub1
-------subW
-------subX
----sub2
-------subY
-------subZ

client2
-subA
----sub1
-------subK
-------subL
----sub2
-------subM
-------subN
----sub3
-------subO
-------subP
-subB
----sub1
-------subW
-------subX
----sub2
-------subY
-------subZ

..........

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oBdA

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Bill Prew

Here's a reasonable approach. Change the BaseDir to the directory that contains all the client folders. Then run.

@echo off
setlocal

set BaseDir=c:\temp
set NewDirs="subA\sub1\subK",^
            "subA\sub1\subL",^
            "subA\sub2\subM",^
            "subA\sub2\subN",^
            "subA\sub3\subO",^
            "subA\sub3\subP",^
            "subB\sub1\subW",^
            "subB\sub1\subX",^
            "subB\sub2\subY",^
            "subB\sub2\subZ"

for /D %%D in ("%BaseDir%\*.*") do (
  for %%N in (%NewDirs%) do (
    md "%%~D\%%~N"
  )
)

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~bp

P6FER

ASKER

Just perfect obda. :-)
You just have to change :

for /d %%a in ("%Target%\*.*") do (

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to :

for /d %%a in ("%Target%*.*") do (

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Thank you

oBdA

Only if you're setting Target to a mask including a part of the actual client folder name, like "D:\Clients\Client*.*"; Target was supposed to point to the root folder containing the client1, client2, ... folders (guess I should have mentioned that).