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Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a file that has the name BackupFile-06122007.txt, where the 06122007 represents yesterday’s date (June 12, 2007). Each morning I would like to run a script that changes the name of that file so that it uses today’s date: BackupFile-06132007.txt. How can I do that?-- GZ Hey, GZ. You know, one thing you can count on is ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the .PDF files (only the file names; I don’t want the file path or file extension) in a folder and its subfolders, and then put that list into a text file?-- PS Hey, PS. You know, PS, this is actually a hard question; far harder and far more complicated than it might sound. On top of that, the Scr...

Hey, Scripting Guy! We backed up a whole bunch of files in a folder; when these files were backed up the word "old" was inserted as part of the file extension (e.g., Filename.exe became Filename.oldexe). How can I restore these files to their original names and extensions?-- RP Hey, RP. Today is Friday, June 1st, which can only mean one thing: ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a third-party application that rarely crashes; however, when it does crash it seriously disrupts our business. We can always tell when the application is getting ready to crash; at that point, one of its directories starts filling up with log files. How can we be notified any time the number of log files in this folder...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I regularly update a file that needs to be copied to all of my servers. How can I write a script that will copy the same file (to the same folder) on multiple computers?-- JU Hey, JU. It’s Monday, May 14th as we write this column, which mean that Mother’s Day in the US is over. And that’s good. Not that the Scripting Guys hav...