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for /F &quot;tokens=*&quot; %F in (myfiles.txt) do @copy &quot;%F&quot; c:\theNewTarget\<br />
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If you like to do it in a batch file, replace %F with %%F each time.<br />

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Qlemo,<br />
<br />
Thanks<br />
<br />
I am totally new to this stuff..<br />
<br />
I dont quite understand whats happening here..<br />
<br />
can you provide a sample batch?<br />
<br />
Thanks<br />
<br />
Theepan
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Further the script should also look into the subfolders.. will this work automatically
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With subfolders, you have to elaborate how you get your file list. And the folder tree should be maintained in the copy, I suppose?<br />
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If tree is not important, you should simply be able to put the full path in the filelist, like<br />
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c:\sourcedir\file1.txt<br />
c:\sourcedir\folder1\file2<wbr />.txt<br />
...<br />
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There is no sample batch, as the above line posted first is the only one.<br />

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ok.. <br />
only the filenames are in the txt file... not the folder structure...<br />
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And when i copy i dont care about the folder structure to be maintained<br />
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say if i am c:\temp<br />
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the text file is in c:\temp\Filter.txt<br />
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the source files in are c:\temp\source .. there will be individual file in c:\temp\source &nbsp;or c:\temp\source\sub1 or c:\temp\source\sub2 in any subfolder in c:\temp\source <br />
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and i want to copy c:\temp\dest &nbsp;and when i copy i dont care about the folder structure in c:\temp\source <br />
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i hope this reply had more useful info .. :-)
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when i said sample.. <br />
i you could provide me a skeleton or full solution (if possible :-)) based on the additional info i provided in the last reply..<br />
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by the way the filter text is a tad delimited one.. so one file name is below the other when i open in notepad
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Here is the command you're looking for. You can copy and paste this into a batch file and it will do what you're looking for. You don't have to make a list of the files in a text file, it will dynamically generate the list of all files in c:\temp\source and it's subdirectories, including hidden files. It will also copy the files, overwriting the files in the destination if they have the same name. If you change the source and destination paths, spaces are acceptable, as the quotes enable the use of spaces.<br />
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for /f &quot;tokens=*&quot; %A in ('dir /s /a /b &quot;c:\temp\source\*.*&quot;') do copy /y &quot;%A&quot; &quot;c:\temp\dest&quot;
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SORRY!! if you copy it into the batch file you need double percent signs... here is the correct line:<br />
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for /f &quot;tokens=*&quot; %%A in ('dir /s /a /b &quot;c:\temp\source\*.*&quot;') do copy /y &quot;%%A&quot; &quot;c:\temp\dest&quot;
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Justin_W_Chandler:<br />
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Sound like a plan.. but I use the txt file to contain name of the files that need to be copied (this file doesnt have the folder structure... that is only the name of the file)<br />
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I dont think you script is even use it to filter it :-(
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Justin_Smith, if you need to search specifically for certain files and you don't want everything in the source directory, go with Qlemo's line. If you need everything in source and it's subdirectories, go with mine and skip the text file.<br />
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Qlemo: We are a dying breed my brother... good coding!
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Guys,<br />
<br />
I am mesmerized by all this..<br />
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How does this filtering work<br />
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Because my text file has 174 file names but the target as 229 files copied :-)<br />
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any tweak needed
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is there a need for an exact match or something?
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Only possible reason for this I can image is that folder names contain the (complete!) filename in their names.<br />
Try to use a test with<br />
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dir /a:-d /s/b c:\temp\source\* | findstr /L /G:C:\temp\Filter.txt<br />
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which should give you exactly the 174 files but will output 229. Look at the file names you do NOT want to copy; or compare it with<br />
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dir /a:-d /s/b c:\temp\source\* | findstr /L /E /G:C:\temp\Filter.txt<br />
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which requires the lines of Filter.txt to be at the line end of the dir output - this HAVE to be filenames.<br />

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yea it is picking both 0.doc as well as 000.doc and 00.doc <br />
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both you lines are giving the same result
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Hi,<br />
<br />
I have a requirement to copy a set of files from a folder to another..<br />
<br />
Here i cant use any wild card tricks as i need to match the exact file names..<br />
<br />
There are about a 100 of files i need to copy out of 1000<br />
<br />
I can save these file names into a text file.. But can we write script in DOS to use all the file names in the text file as the filter and them do the copying..<br />
<br />
If not in DOS, is there another way to achieve this<br />
<br />
Thanks<br />
<br />
Theepan
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Hi,

I have a requirement to copy a set of files from a folder to another..

Here i cant use any wild card tricks as i need to match the exact file names..

There are about a 100 of files i need to copy out of 1000

I can save these file names into a text file.. But can we write script in DOS to use all the file names in the text file as the filter and them do the copying..

If not in DOS, is there another way to achieve this

Thanks

Theepan

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