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carnagel
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#1
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by carnagel » 27 Nov 2014 09:48
Hi,
Looking to batch copy a list of files from a text list, recursively through all sub-directories please.
I have a working batch for a single directory - just need the recursive added, if possible.
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@echo off
set Source=D:\mydirectory\myfiles
set Target=D:\tmp
set FileList=C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\move.txt
echo.
if not exist "%Source%" echo Source folder "%Source%" not found & goto Exit
if not exist "%FileList%" echo File list "%FileList%" not found & goto Exit
if not exist "%Target%" md "%Target%"
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('type "%FileList%"') do copy "%Source%\%%a" "%Target%"
:Exit
echo.
echo press the Space Bar to close this window.
pause > nul
Thanks.
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foxidrive
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#2
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by foxidrive » 27 Nov 2014 13:07
You want to copy files that are in a text file?
What does your text file look like?
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carnagel
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#3
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by carnagel » 27 Nov 2014 15:00
foxidrive wrote:You want to copy files that are in a text file?
What does your text file look like?
it just contains file names, not paths
filename.mp4
filename2.mp4
etc
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foxidrive
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#4
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by foxidrive » 27 Nov 2014 16:23
Test this:
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@echo off
set "Source=D:\mydirectory\myfiles"
set "Target=D:\tmp"
set "FileList=C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\move.txt"
echo.
if not exist "%Source%" echo Source folder "%Source%" not found & goto Exit
if not exist "%FileList%" echo File list "%FileList%" not found & goto Exit
if not exist "%Target%" md "%Target%"
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('type "%FileList%"') do (
for /f "delims=" %%b in ('dir "%Source%\%%a" /b /s /a-d ') do echo copying "%%b"&xcopy /b "%%b" "%Target%%%~pb" >nul
)
:Exit
echo.
echo press the Space Bar to close this window.
pause > nul
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carnagel
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- Joined: 27 Nov 2014 09:41
#5
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by carnagel » 28 Nov 2014 00:53
Worked perfectly
Thanks very much for your help.