# Ignition open a file that is being name while running a batch file (name is not fixed)

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision, scripting, ignition80\
**Created:** [November 3, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-open-a-file-that-is-being-name-while-running-a-batch-file-name-is-not-fixed/40231 "2020-11-03T09:40:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![kairongsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb9ed0/32.png) [@kairongsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kairongsen)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-open-a-file-that-is-being-name-while-running-a-batch-file-name-is-not-fixed/40231/1 "2020-11-03T09:40:53Z")

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Greetings all,

Is there a way for me to open a file in Ignition without knowing the file name but only using the file path?

Let say I run a script to execute the batch file as below

@ECHO OFF  
ECHO THIS IS AUTO GENERATION OF GZ FILE  
SET GZPATH=C:“Program Files (x86)”\GnuWin32\bin  
SET FILESPATH=C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Testing  
SET SAVELOCATION=C:\Users\Administrator\Documents  
SET TIMESTAMP=%DATE:~10,4%%DATE:~4,2%%DATE:~7,2%%TIME:~0,2%%TIME:~3,2%%TIME:~6,2%

for /f “tokens=2 delims==” %%a in (‘wmic OS Get localdatetime /value’) do set “dt=%%a”  
set “YY=%dt:~2,2%” & set “YYYY=%dt:~0,4%” & set “MM=%dt:~4,2%” & set “DD=%dt:~6,2%”  
set “HH=%dt:~8,2%” & set “Min=%dt:~10,2%” & set “Sec=%dt:~12,2%”

set “datestamp=%YYYY%%MM%%DD%” & set “timestamp=%HH%%Min%%Sec%”  
set “fullstamp=%YYYY%%MM%%DD%%HH%%Min%%Sec%”

ECHO COMPRESSING…  
%GZPATH%\gzip -c “%FILESPATH%\data1.xls” \> %SAVELOCATION%\LKMS\_STOCK\_%fullstamp%.gz  
ECHO DONE.  
PAUSE

Is it possible for me to find the gz file using Ignition without manually navigation? (if I don’t know the gz file name as it is a timestamp)

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-open-a-file-that-is-being-name-while-running-a-batch-file-name-is-not-fixed/40231/2 "2020-11-03T12:25:17Z")

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You mean like assuming it’s the latest one?

```python
import glob
import os

path = 'C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\*.gz'

files = glob.glob(path)

print max(files, key = os.path.getctime)
```

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**Author:** ![kairongsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb9ed0/32.png) [@kairongsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kairongsen)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-open-a-file-that-is-being-name-while-running-a-batch-file-name-is-not-fixed/40231/3 "2020-11-05T06:17:57Z")

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Yes!!. This is what I have been looking for. Thanks mate much appreciate. =)