| T24 - Automate File Management. Organize
Folders based on File Extension. |
| Task Description |
Organizes folders by moving files into respective folders based
on the file extension.
 T24.atmn
Note: Save the .atmn file in My Documents -> Automation Anywhere -> Automation Anywhere -> My Tasks
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| Solutions |
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Create new task
Click Tools -> Task Editor. |
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Go through all the files
Insert Loop command to loop through each file in a folder command. |
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Create the folders based on the extensions
- Insert IF command by selecting it from Conditions / Loops category.
- Select 'Folder does not exist' condition
- Specify the variables $CurrentDirectory$\$Extension$FileCollection
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Move the files to the respective folder
Copy files command will copy current file in loop to the folder of its respective type. For example if file name is C:\AutomationAnywhere.txt then it will copy the file to txtFilecollection folder created in above step. |
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Delete the copied files
Insert a Delete File command to delete the files to avoid duplicate
copies. |
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| When you run this task, it loops through each file in a folder
and will create folders for each of the different extension types
and moves the files within the respective folders. |
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