Move Files from different folder into one.

Hi,

New on matlab, i'm trying to find a way to move several files with the same 4 first letters from 4 different folder with the same first 4 letter into one.

My Files are name f100 .... and my folder Run... (with 4 random digits after "Run").

I've tried this code

movefile C:\Users\80CDGZ1\Documents\Data_EXCOG\EC01\Run1\Run*\f100*  C:\Users\80CDGZ1\Documents\Data_EXCOG\EC01\Run1\Run1

But it's not working, does any of you have an idea ?

Thank's a lot

Theophane.

[Ruger28]

What version of MATLAB are you running?

[Theophane Piette]

I'm running on R2016b

[Ruger28]

and what types of files?

[Theophane Piette]

i wish to move nifti files.

[Ruger28]

checkout rdir. it will loop recursively to find your files you wish to move. Then write some code to move the files.

Answer 1

[Ruger28]

actually, I like this one better --> rdir

MainDirectory = 'C:\Users\80CDGZ1\Documents\Data_EXCOG\EC01\Run1'
EndDirectory = 'C:\Users\80CDGZ1\Documents\Data_EXCOG\EC01\Run1\Run1'
Files2Move = rdir(fullfile(MainDirectory,'**\*.nifti '));
for ii = 1:length(Files2Move)
    currentfile = fullfile(Files2Move(ii).folder,Files2Move(ii).name);
    movedfile = fullfile(EndDirectory,Files2Move(ii).name);
    movefile(currentfile,movedfile); % move files
    
end

[Theophane Piette]

The main problem for me is that i want to go in all my folder begginning by Run1 and ending by 4 digits. But if i'm asking matlab to go look for files in Run1* (* because the 4 last digit are random) he doesn't undestand it.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

See the FAQ: Process a sequence of files

Basically make up two filenames in the loop and call movefile

sourceFileName = fullfile(.......
destinationFileName = sprintf(.........
movefile(sourceFileName, destinationFileName);

[Theophane Piette]

The main problem for me is that i want to go in all my folder begginning by Run1 and ending by 4 digits. But if i'm asking matlab to go look for files in Run1* (* because the 4 last digit are random) he doesn't undestand it.