How do I search Filenames by wildcard

[gluizpessin]

Is there a way to utilize wildcards like * and ? in order to batch convert files?

[tobya]

Could you give me an example of what you are trying to do?

[gluizpessin]

Yes! I am setting up a Task in Scheduler to run a .bat to convert spreadsheets with specific names but all of them start with a default word, ie: Excel+(001).xlsx.

From what I have tried, using * to substitute "+(001)" didn't work. Is there a alternative?

[tobya]

I have created an issue, I will do this in next release

[tobya]

There is a bit of a hack work around that works. You can use -fx paramter

eg

docto -XL -f "c:\dir\withfiles" -o c:\temp\ -fx excel*.xls -t wdformatpdf

Thsi should find all files in c:\dir\withfiles that match the pattern excel*.xls

I'll see if I can put in a nicer syntax

[tobya]

Fix available and updated binary at link below

• Filename wildcard #200

@gluizpessin I have added a new paramater

--inputfilter excel*.xls

if you use this in combination with a -f directory it should do what you want.

docto -f c:\dir\withfiles -o c:\outputfiles\ --inputfilter excel*.* -t = wdformatpdf

I have attached a new binary until I realease a new version.

Download here: docto.zip