Move a file or Rename a file

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I am trying to insert the following senetence
file.move(oldpath,newpath)

But I don’t know which activity I must use because I tried to use “Assign” but It is shown a windows “Expresion does not produce a value”

Which activity Can I use to Move a file?

Is there a way to Rename a file?

I don’t see in the options the method “Rename” for a file

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Hi Lucky
Please follow below steps
Activity Name :Invoke Method
Target Type : Microsoft.visualbasic.filesysytem

MehtodName :Rename

Go to Properties of Invoke method
Parameters:
Direction—Type-- -Value
-----In------- string – “OldFilename.txt”
-----In------- string – “NewFilename.txt”

Thanks
Udaykumar

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There’s a MoveFile activity that does just that, no need for InvokeMethod.

For Renaming you “move” the file to the same folder, just with a different name.

As a sidenote - I’d recommend using System.IO.File type, method name Move instead of Ms.VB, since it doesn’t rely on VB specific implementation.

Regards.

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Thanks!!

In fact, I did that, I hat to move the file to the same folder but renaming it

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hey @Lucky0906

as @andrzej.kniola said

For Renaming you “move” the file to the same folder, just with a different name.

it will do what you wants.

To move a file from one destination to other destination with a different name then just rename the file when filling in the destination path

MoveFileWithRenameUsiNgMoveActivity.xaml (4.3 KB)

Regards…!!

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The file name that I need to rename is not static. It changes daily.

How do I specify a wild card in the file name using the “Path” field in the “Move File” activity?

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BoCoNdOn,

In a similar case I found it easier to create a MSDOS batch file to move files using wild cards. You need to use StartProcess activity to call the batch file with the MSDOS commands.

Hope it helps

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@BoCoNdOn What is the naming convention of your file?

you can always get the files by wildcard character using below logic

Directory.GetFiles("C:\Users\xyz\Desktop\files","DailyFile_*.txt") //DailyFile_040716.txt

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If you move a file or Rename a file you can use my software BatchRenameFiles Tool . It’s very easy to use .

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Good Job

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its giving error that filesystem dose not contain rename method.

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MoveFile Activity will help you in this .

Use the properties as below

From :- Path\Filename
Destination :- Path\RenamedFilename

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Hi Uipath angels,

Can I get a .xaml sample about how to handle case below?
The requirement is to find target file, change file name with not static string and move all of them to another folder.

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The oringinal data is like following.
※※※In a word you can regard the first file name as title in each set, get the string between “～_00” and “.txt” and insert it into the place where “a,b,c,d,e,f,g” are.

20181202_HL00431_00_3837_000_000_name.txt
20181202_HL00431_01_a.txt
20181202_HL00431_02_b.txt

20181202_HL00441_00_3803_001_020_name1.txt
20181202_HL00441_01_c.txt
20181202_HL00441_02_d.txt

20181202_HL00555_00_3803_001_020_name1.txt
20181202_HL00555_01_e.txt
20181202_HL00555_02_f.txt
20181202_HL00555_03_g.txt

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Hi,

Could you please advise how to move files with in FTP location

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Hi @Ashwini_Kumaran what you can do is download the files from FTP server to your local server and then upload them to the location where you want them.

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that is a very good solution :wink:

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oldpath–sample\file.txt
new path–sample\newfilename.txt

in move file activity in destination give your file name with extension
in source give old path ,
regards,
veeraraj S

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Hi,

You can use Rename File Activity and can rename the file also it saves in same folder.

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