Batch script to copy multiple files (based on string in filename) from all folders under a directory to another folder

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Hi I am looking for a (simple) batch script for Windows XP to copy pdf files with different filenames but having the same reference numbers in their filenames to a specific folder in a different drive.

E.g.

Copy all pdf's with reference number 111 to folder "test"

Source files in F drive

F:\folder 1\filename 1_111.pdf
F:\folder 1\folder 2\filename 2_111.pdf

Destination folder in C drive

C:\test\

I am a novice, so thank you in advance for your help.

Regards,
Olive

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This is another option:

@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('xcopy /l /e /y "F:\folder 1\*111*.pdf" "c:\test\" ^|find ":"') do copy "%%a" "c:\test"

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xcopy.exe is definitely your friend here. It's built into Windows, so its cost is nothing.

Just xcopy /s c:\source d:\target

You'd probably want to tweak a few things; some of the options we also add include these:

/s/e - recursive copy, including copying empty directories.
/v - add this to verify the copy against the original. slower, but for the paranoid.
/h - copy system and hidden files.
/k - copy read-only attributes along with files. otherwise, all files become read-write.
/x - if you care about permissions, you might want /o or /x.
/y - don't prompt before overwriting existing files.
/z - if you think the copy might fail and you want to restart it, use this. It places a marker on each file as it copies, so you can rerun the xcopy command to pick up from where it left off.

If you think the xcopy might fail partway through (like when you are copying over a flaky network connection), or that you have to stop it and want to continue it later, you can use xcopy /s/z c:\source d:\target.

Hope this helps.

Batch file command to copy files from one location/directory to another location based on condition

You can get a sorted list of directories with

dir /B /TC /O-D /AD

You can get the first result into a variable with

for /f "usebackq delims=" %%D in (`dir /B /TC /O-D /AD C:\Revert\email`) do if not defined Newest set Newest=%%~fD

You can then copy the files with

copy /Y %Newest%\*.csv D:\Correct\email

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