Wondering if there is a script I could run in a .bat file that would allow me to copy only certain file types in a directory, and then paste them in another directory
Example of contents of directory: F:\testbatch\test1
test_01.tcs
test_02.tcs
test_03.tcs
garbagefile_01.txt
garbagefile_02.txt
nothing.rtf
test.tpl
Lets say I want to copy all .tpl & .tcs files in from F:\testbatch\test1 and paste them to:
F:\testbatch\test2
It should be noted that the destination directory F:\testbatch\test2 will already have some of the same files as the source folder, and I need these files to be overwritten.
So my question here is twofold:
1 – What command that I can put in a batch script will only copy certain types of files?
2 – How can I make sure when these files are copied & pasted that they will overwrite the existing files of the same name(s)?
EDIT I have tried:
xcopy "C:\Users\me\Desktop 3\123" *.bin "C:\Users\Jeff\Desktop 3\456" /y
xcopy "C:\Users\me\Desktop 3\123" *.tpl "C:\Users\Jeff\Desktop 3\456" /y
but nothing gets copied at all.
Running Windows 7 64 bit
Best Answer
What command that I can put in a batch script will only copy certain types of files?
Any command that accepts wildcards.
For example xcopy or robocopy.
How can I make sure when these files are copied they will overwrite existing files?
Use the xcopy
/y
(Suppress prompt to confirm overwriting a file) option.I want to copy all
.tpl
and.tcs
files from F:\testbatch\test1 to F:\testbatch\test2Use the following commands
Why isn't this working?
Your quotes are in the wrong place and you are missing a backslash.
The correct commands are:
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