Move file activity dynamic names

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he file name that I need to move 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?

how to use wild card

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@corncookie, how about instead of using a wild card, every day the bot runs, it first gets the path to the file you can use Directory.GetFiles and save that in a variable and then set that variable inside the move path activity.

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Thanks for the reply. But I am kind of confused can you explain it.
how can i assign the path.

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@corncookie, maybe that could be unnecessary, you do not have to read the path. i guess this is what you initially asked for

“C:\myfolder\subfolder",”*.pdf"

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You may get inspired by “For Each File in Folder” snippet

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Cheers

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Thank you for the reply

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thanks for the reply. i figured to do it

i used this by assigning varpdffiles = Directory.GetFiles("\Mac\Home\Downloads").orderbydescending(Function(d) new fileinfo(d).CreationTime).ToList(0)

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And you could also use searchPattern, e.g.
varpdffiles = Directory.GetFiles(“\Mac\Home\Downloads”,“*.pdf”)…

Cheers