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How to copy a file and rename based column contents
It is not finding the file folder set up on desktop. Is it because we use OneDrive? I created a folder on my desktop to do a practice run named "Test" and copied the address to cell D1 as the example excel sheet indicated.
When I pasted to Command Prompt
U:\>cd C:\Users\pat.myer\OneDrive - A-dec Inc\Desktop\Test
U:\>copy No Image.jpg 001.013.01.jpg
The system cannot find the file specified.
U:\>copy No Image.jpg 001.015.00.jpg
The system cannot find the file specified.
I believe it's the spaces in the file name. You'd have to adjust the syntax to be:
copy "Document Test.txt" 001.txt
- PatMyerJan 30, 2023Copper Contributor
Patrick2788 Patrick, not sure what you are meaning by: "I believe it's the spaces in the file name. You'd have to adjust the syntax to be:
copy "Document Test.txt" 001.txt"I am pretty new at this stuff and trying to "expand" my knowledge of how to sort and filter different types of data. I attached my updated excel workbook that I used to try run the Windows Command to copy a No-Image jpg to a list part numbers ("No Image,jpg" to "001.001.00.jpg", "No Image.jpg" to "001.002.00.jpg, "No Image,jpg" to "001.003.00.jpg"....) but it failed.
- Patrick2788Jan 30, 2023Silver Contributor
Please see attached workbook.
- PatMyerJan 30, 2023Copper Contributor
Still not working. I understand the concept to create a large number of new images by copying an existing image ("No Image.jpg") and renaming it to an actual Item number for a large qty of items (there are about 1,500 we want to assign the No Image.jpg but with the item # as the name) but just does not seem to work. I put quotes around the image being copied with no luck:
U:\>cd C:\Users\pat.myer\OneDrive - A-dec Inc\Desktop\Test
U:\>copy "No Image.jpg" 001.013.01.jpg
The system cannot find the file specified.Is this Excel to Windows Command process not going to work for my requirements?