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Author Topic: In need of software to extract images from multiple directories  (Read 2198 times)

wetsmellydog

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I thought I would post here before going to coding snacks.

I purchased a bunch of files that are used to cut out shapes. Unfortunately they do not have a catalog of the 184 directories and what are contained therein! The files have numbers and do not represent what they are.
You can see what I am talking about here; layered 3d svg files

The program needs to look for a specific file using wildcards and then copy the directory name and file to a specified directory.

Example; The file string I am looking for is *-01.png which can be found in sub-directory Christmas Trees. I would like to copy the file, rename it to the sub-directory name and place it in a specified directory. The result is c:\christmas ornaments catalog\Christmas Trees.png

I am sure there is a program already out there that can do this simple task. Thanks!

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Re: In need of software to extract images from multiple directories
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2021, 08:56 AM »
My File Punter program can do this.

https://www.dcmember...ownload/file-punter/

Let me know if you need help with the regular expression part.

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Re: In need of software to extract images from multiple directories
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2021, 11:52 AM »
Thanks! I played with File Punter but it is lacking a few specifics that I am looking for.

Here are the files in the directory Angel

10/18/2021  11:41 AM           d1060-01.png
10/18/2021  11:41 AM           d1060-01.svg
10/18/2021  11:41 AM           d1060-02.png
10/18/2021  11:41 AM           d1060-02.svg
10/18/2021  11:41 AM           d1060-03.png
10/18/2021  11:41 AM           d1060-03.svg
10/18/2021  11:41 AM           d1060-04.png
10/18/2021  11:41 AM           d1060-04.svg
10/18/2021  11:41 AM           d1060-05.png
10/18/2021  11:41 AM           d1060-05.svg
10/18/2021  11:41 AM           d1060.ai
10/18/2021  11:41 AM           d1060.dxf
10/18/2021  11:41 AM           d1060.eps
10/18/2021  11:41 AM           d1060.pdf

I need to copy the file d1060-01.png to a new directory and rename it angel.png after the directory that it was found in.

Each directory has a *-01.png file that is a picture of what the directory contains. I want to copy them into a separate directory and create a catalog of what the directories contain.

I hope this clarifies what I am looking for.
« Last Edit: November 07, 2021, 12:35 PM by wetsmellydog »

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Re: In need of software to extract images from multiple directories
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2021, 06:07 PM »
I found this utility. It is free and powerful. It is doing exactly what I needed.

https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/