Help requested with making a batch file

[Salmon Trout]

one more than number of files

I do not see why it is necessary to do this.

[gh0std0g74]

@billrich, what i mean is , how does your MOD file names look like?

[billrich]

Bill wrote:

One more than number of files for command line argument.

I do not see why it is necessary to do this.

We don't know how many files Abbie Dorr, the original poster has to rename.

Abbie Dorr wrote:

"If I do it like this (MOD rename to MPG) then I can edit the all the movie to a complete movie which I then can save as Avi"

[Salmon Trout]

We don't know how many files AbbieDorr, the original poster has to nename.

I know that!  Did you see the words I quoted? I wanted to know why it is necessary to supply a parameter which is one more than the number of files. Why it can't be the same as the number of files?

[billrich]

I know that!  Did you see the words I quoted? I wanted to know why it is necessary to supply a parameter which is one more than the number of files. Why it can't be the same as the number of files? Anyway, why not count them in the batch? In fact, why bother counting them at all?

It was necessary because of the way I wrote my code.

Hey, this not production code and we are not paid.

My rename code works and is exactly what Abbie Dorr, the original poster ask for.   

[Salmon Trout]

OK point taken

If you do this you can use the actual number from the command line

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set /a c=-1

but I thought the OP wanted leading zeroes

[billrich]

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[quote author=Salmon Trout link=topic=88363.msg593414#msg593414 date=1248613134]
OK point taken

If you do this you can use the actual number from the command line

 

"But I thought the OP wanted leading zeroes"

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Abbie Dorr, the original poster can easily add leading zeros to the name. I see no advantage of leading zeros.   We need to leave insignificant details to  Abbie Dorr.  Abbie should be able to do some of the work.

[Salmon Trout]

OK I agree.

[billrich]

@billrich, what i mean is , how does your MOD file names look like?

My  test MOD file names looked like:

C:\>type mov10.mod
hello

C:\>type mov1.mod
hello

The files only contained "Hello."   Only the name was important.

[billrich]

@billrich, what I mean is , how does your MOD file names look like?

To Ghost, Trout,  Abbie Dorr and All interested parties:
( copy command used here to save mov**.mod file. ren used in next post. )

REM There are no leading zeros for 10 and above in file names.
REM  Usage: mpgname 13 ( one more than number of files )



REM  Usage: mpgname 13 ( one more than number of files )

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@echo off

set /a c=0
:start

set /a c+=1
if %c% EQU %1 set /a c=0 && goto  begin

 if %C%  LSS 10 echo hello > mov0%c%.mod
if %C%  GTR  9  echo hello > mov%c%.mod
goto start


:begin

set /a c+=1
if %c% EQU %1  goto end

REM if %C%  LSS 10 ren mov0%c%.mod    Holiday0%c%.MPG
REM if %C%  GTR  9 ren mov0%c%.mod    Holiday%c%.MPG
if %C%  LSS 10 copy mov0%c%.mod    Holiday0%c%.MPG

if %C%   GTR 10 copy mov%c%.mod    Holiday%c%.MPG

REM copy was used to save MOD files for Ghost

goto begin

:end
dir /b  mov*.mod
dir /b  Hol*.mpg
Output:

C:\>mpgname.bat 13

C:\>REM  Usage: mpgname 13 ( one more than number of files )
        1 file(s) copied.
        1 file(s) copied.
        1 file(s) copied.
        1 file(s) copied.
        1 file(s) copied.
        1 file(s) copied.
        1 file(s) copied.
        1 file(s) copied.
        1 file(s) copied.
        1 file(s) copied.
        1 file(s) copied.
mov01.mod
mov02.mod
mov03.mod
mov04.mod
mov05.mod
mov06.mod
mov07.mod
mov08.mod
mov09.mod
mov10.mod
mov11.mod
mov12.mod
Holiday01.MPG
Holiday02.MPG
Holiday03.MPG
Holiday04.MPG
Holiday05.MPG
Holiday06.MPG
Holiday07.MPG
Holiday08.MPG
Holiday09.MPG
Holiday11.MPG
Holiday12.MPG
C:\>

[billrich]

The following code  uses ren and not copy.  The test  mov*.mod files were removed with ren. See the  test  mov*.mod files above post #39.

REM  Usage: mpgname 13 ( one more than number of files )

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@echo off

setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

set /a c=o
:begin

set /a c+=1
if %c% EQU %1  goto end

if %C%  LSS 10 ren mov0%c%.mod    Holiday0%c%.MPG
if %C%  GTR  9 ren mov%c%.mod    Holiday%c%.MPG

goto begin

:end
dir /b  Hol*.mpg
Output :

C:\> nomodname.bat 13

C:\>REM  Usage: mpgname 13 ( one more than number of files )
Holiday01.MPG
Holiday02.MPG
Holiday03.MPG
Holiday04.MPG
Holiday05.MPG
Holiday06.MPG
Holiday07.MPG
Holiday08.MPG
Holiday09.MPG
Holiday10.MPG
Holiday11.MPG
Holiday12.MPG
C:\>