Batch copy file with current date in file name

Question

How to copy files from one directory to another, whose names contain current date, and so the names change daily.

Example:

File name: Test_14042021.txt
Date today: 14/04/2021 // DDMMYYYY

I tried this, but it didn't work:

copy Test_%date:~12,10%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%.txt D:\

ZygD · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-15T07:13:14.277

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Try copy Test_%date:~8,2%%date:~5,2%%date:~0,4%.txt D:\

You can use echo Test_%date:~8,2%%date:~5,2%%date:~0,4%.txt to see what exactly you pass to copy. Fine-tune it until you see your actual file name.

edited Apr 15 '21 at 07:13

answered Apr 15 '21 at 07:08

ZygD

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echo copy C:\test_%date:~0,2%%date:~3,2%%date:~6,4%.txt D:\ I GOT THE SOLUATION THANKS – Raghunath Kurup Apr 19 '21 at 05:12
check yout date representation as it depends from locale and could need adjustments. – TPAKTOPA Sep 01 '23 at 06:03

Batch copy file with current date in file name

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