Copy Duplicate

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I added a new button to my copy button that has the command Copy Duplicate.

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It is my understanding that this will recreate the same file x times each with a different name using a base filename. However, when I went to run the command it came up with the Copy As dialog. I wasn't expecting that.

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The dialog suggests that it's for changing extensions not what I'm hoping to do. More like input IFWRotate.cmd and create IFW_*.cmd up to IFW_17.cmd. I suppose there is a numeric portion added to the filename to keep it unique? Will it prompt me for a number of files to create? Will it pad the number based on the length of the maximum to create? So for example 17 is 2 digits will it create 01-09 rather than single digits?

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Please don’t use the bug report tag when you just haven’t read the manual for the command/arguments you’re using. :slight_smile:

You can specify the new name pattern as part of the command, but if you don’t it will ask you for a name or pattern.

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I did read it maybe read what I wrote. It made one copy and never asked how many copies I wanted.

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Not sure where you got the idea that is how it's meant to work, but it's not. It makes a single copy.

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There's not a lot about either the Copy As or Copy Duplicate in the manual.

Copy As, "When copying or moving files, you will be prompted to enter a new name for each file." implies it's a renaming type of copy/move.

Copy Duplicate says "Create duplicates of the selected items in the same folder. You will be prompted to enter new names (or a [wildcard pattern]".

No wildcard will differentiate one file from another in the same directory. DuplicateS to me doesn't stop at 1. I guess ulitmately it seems too easy to make a single copy of a file in the same directory just using drag-n-drop. I'm thinking multiple copies of the same file and I guess your thinking single copies of single files.

Are there looping functions?