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Name: skisalomon77
Date: February 20, 2008 at 08:27:17 Pacific
OS: XP Pro
CPU/Ram: Intel 2.4 GHz and 2GB
Manufacturer/Model: Dell Optiplex
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I want to copy files from multiple directories without creating the directory tree. XCOPY /S gets all the files I need, but creates the tree as well. I have 100 subdirectories and every folder contains files beginning with TZ00. I want to copy all of the TZ00 files from every subdirectory into a new folder without creating the directory tree. Is there a way to do this without having to create a batch file containing a copy command for every folder? I don't want to worry about updating the batch file every time I add a new subdirectory.


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Name: klint
Date: February 20, 2008 at 08:40:51 Pacific
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for /r %d in (.) do copy %d\TZ00* \destination


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Name: skisalomon77
Date: February 20, 2008 at 09:01:27 Pacific
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Awesome...thanks klint! I realized I needed %% before each d to get it to work in a batch.


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Name: klint
Date: February 20, 2008 at 09:07:22 Pacific
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Yes - I just typed that on the command line to check it. I must remember in future to point out that you need two %% in a batch file.


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