Windows – How to copy a file from a usb drive to a directory on the hard drive in windows 7 using command prompt

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How can I copy a file from a pen drive to particular directory on the hard drive in windows 7 using command prompt in quickly compare to ordinary copy paste.

Scenario 1: need to copy the files from particular directory which is present in pen drive to particular directory which is present in system hard drive

source path: F:\aaa\bbb\  (F: is pendrive)
target path: D:\xxx\yyy\

Scenario 2: need to copy all files from pen drive to particular directory which is present in system hard drive

source path: F: (F: is pendrive)
target path: D:\xxx\yyy\

Note:- the cmd need to do copy/paste in faster compare to ordinary method

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Scenario 1

copy F:\aaa\bbb\file.name D:\xxx\yyy\

Scenario 2

copy F:\aaa\bbb\*.* D:\xxx\yyy\

Type copy /? for more help.

SuperUser would probably be a better place to ask this question.

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This is a slight work around - I know you wanted to name differently but I wondered if this will work for you.

I would suggest you rename on copy to something like Foldername.Filename.csv.

Use something like

echo f | xcopy /f /y srcfile destfile

EDIT

I have tried for a few hours, I don't think what you want is possible with the CMD prompt or bat files.

This is what I have

set sDir=C:\Documents and Settings\drook\Desktop
set dDir="C:\Documents and Settings\drook\Desktop\Folder\"

cd C:\Documents and Settings\drook\Desktop\
FOR /F %%a in ("*.txt") DO (     
    xcopy "%%a" "C:\Documents and Settings\drook\Desktop\Folder\"
    cd\ 
    cd C:\Documents and Settings\drook\Desktop\Folder\
    ren "%%a" "newName-%dir%.txt"
    cd\
    cd C:\Documents and Settings\drook\Desktop\
)

pause

It fails on the rename because it ignores the variable. So where I'm showing newName-%dir% (where dir is the variable) it would fail on newName-%%a as well...

Sorry, I don't think it is possible.

Having said that, this makes it look like it is possible: windows-batch-file-to-copy-and-keep-duplicates

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