Please anyone can help me, i just a new learner in the world of batch files, my q is: i want a patch to copy or move my files based on the file extension to diff folders for ex: *.bat files to be copied to ---> Bat Folder *.txt files to be copied to ---> Txt Folder and so on thanks in advance

copy [source path]\*.bat [distination path]\foldername You can google this stuff or go to a cmd prompt and type copy /? for all the syntax.

Thanks wanderer for your fast reply. actually i know a little bit about batch code and i already know that i can make it with copy or xcopy, but may be my question was not right explained from the beginning. here is what i made but it gave me some error everytime as file not found or file exist, after finishing copying. FOR %%J in (TXT_Files BAT_Files CMD_Files ZIP_Files) DO (MD C:\TESTCOPY\%%J) FOR /R "C:\TESTCOPY" %%F IN (*.TXT *.BAT *.CMD *.ZIP) DO ( MOVE C:\TESTCOPY\*.TXT C:\TESTCOPY\TXT_Files\ && MOVE C:\TESTCOPY\*.BAT C:\TESTCOPY\BAT_Files\ && MOVE C:\TESTCOPY\*.CMD C:\TESTCOPY\CMD_Files\ && MOVE C:\TESTCOPY\*.ZIP C:\TESTCOPY\ZIP_Files\) ::ANOTHER WAY FOR %%J in (TXT_Files BAT_Files CMD_Files ZIP_Files) DO (MD C:\TESTCOPY\%%J) MOVE C:\TESTCOPY\*.TXT C:\TESTCOPY\TXT_Files\ MOVE C:\TESTCOPY\*.BAT C:\TESTCOPY\BAT_Files\ MOVE C:\TESTCOPY\*.CMD C:\TESTCOPY\CMD_Files\ MOVE C:\TESTCOPY\*.ZIP C:\TESTCOPY\ZIP_Files\ :: ANOTHER WAY FOR %%J in (TXT BAT CMD ZIP) DO (MD C:\TESTCOPY\%%J) FOR %%F IN (TXT BAT CMD ZIP) DO ( MOVE C:\TESTCOPY\*.%%F C:\testcopy\%%F\ && MOVE C:\TESTCOPY\*.%%f C:\testcopy\%%F\ && MOVE C:\TESTCOPY\*.%%F C:\testcopy\%%F\ && MOVE C:\TESTCOPY\*.%%F c:\testcopy\%%F\) am i going on the right way or i don't understand for is working??? thank you very much again for your reply forgive me as i'm studying by my own, no one is helping me to do it.

here is another code i would like you to tell me is it right or also i used FOR in wrong or long way with keeping in mind that it's working as well as i want, but just i thought may be there is short way to do it here the code: @ECHO OFF TITLE USB Searcher . . . CLS :START1 ECHO/ ECHO/ (S) Start Search For HaMaDa USB. ECHO/ (Q) Quit ECHO/ CHOICE /C:QS /N /M " :: Press (S) to Start Search or (Q) to exit: IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO START GOTO EOF :START CLS ECHO/ :: SET ALL VARIABLE TO NUL SET USB1= SET USB2= SET USB3= SET USB4= SET USB5= SET USB6= SET USB7= SET USB8= SET USB9= SET USB10= ECHO/ ECHO/ Searching for HaMaDa USB Drives . . . ECHO/ :: FOR EACH LETTER FROM THIS LIST MAKE THE ACTION OF DIR %%LETTER AND IF EXIST %%LETTER\xam\ --- SET A VARIABLE FOR USB FROM 1 TO 10 :: FOR EXAMPLE: :: %USB1% WILL BE [F:\] :: %USB2% WILL BE [G:\] ----- AND SO ON. :: FOR EACH LETTER FROM THIS LIST MAKE THE ACTION OF DIR %%LETTER AND IF EXIST %%LETTER\xam\ :: AND IF THE LETTER NOT EQUAL TO THE PREVIOUS ONE --- SET ANOTHER USB FROM 2 TO 10 --------- AND SO ON TILL THE END. :: IF THE VARIABLE %%LETTER = %% LETTER (MEANS THAT THE LOOP DIDN'T RETURN ANY POSSITIVE RESULT TO FIND THE FOLDER :: SO GOTO WHATEVER FINISH-END-DONE :USB1 for %%A in (B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do ( dir %%A:\ 2>nul 1>&2&&if exist "%%A:\xam\" set "USB1=%%A:\"&&GOTO USB2S ) IF %%A==%%A SET USB1= GOTO ERROR :USB2S ECHO/ Found HaMaDa USB Drive . . . . . [%USB1%] for %%B in (B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do ( dir %%B:\ 2>nul 1>&2&&if exist "%%B:\xam\" IF %USB1% NEQ %%B:\ set "USB2=%%B:\"&&GOTO USB3S ) IF %%B==%%B SET USB2= GOTO DONE :USB3S ECHO/ Found HaMaDa USB Drive . . . . . [%USB2%] for %%C in (B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do ( dir %%C:\ 2>nul 1>&2&&if exist "%%C:\xam\" IF %USB1% NEQ %%C:\ IF %USB2% NEQ %%C:\ set "USB3=%%C:\"&&GOTO USB4S ) IF %%C==%%C SET USB3= GOTO DONE :USB4S ECHO/ Found HaMaDa USB Drive . . . . . [%USB3%] for %%D in (B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do ( dir %%D:\ 2>nul 1>&2&&if exist "%%D:\xam\" IF %USB1% NEQ %%D:\ IF %USB2% NEQ %%D:\ IF %USB3% NEQ %%D:\ set "USB4=%%D:\"&&GOTO USB5S ) IF %%D==%%D SET USB4= GOTO DONE :USB5S ECHO/ Found HaMaDa USB Drive . . . . . [%USB4%] for %%E in (B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do ( dir %%E:\ 2>nul 1>&2&&if exist "%%E:\xam\" IF %USB1% NEQ %%E:\ IF %USB2% NEQ %%E:\ IF %USB3% NEQ %%E:\ IF %USB4% NEQ %%E:\ set "USB5=%%E:\"&&GOTO USB6S ) IF %%E==%%E SET USB5= GOTO DONE :USB6S ECHO/ Found HaMaDa USB Drive . . . . . [%USB5%] for %%F in (B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do ( dir %%F:\ 2>nul 1>&2&&if exist "%%F:\xam\" IF %USB1% NEQ %%F:\ IF %USB2% NEQ %%F:\ IF %USB3% NEQ %%F:\ IF %USB4% NEQ %%F:\ IF %USB5% NEQ %%F:\ set "USB6=%%F:\"&&GOTO USB7S ) IF %%F==%%F SET USB6= GOTO DONE :USB7S ECHO/ Found HaMaDa USB Drive . . . . . [%USB6%] for %%G in (B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do ( dir %%G:\ 2>nul 1>&2&&if exist "%%G:\xam\" IF %USB1% NEQ %%G:\ IF %USB2% NEQ %%G:\ IF %USB3% NEQ %%G:\ IF %USB4% NEQ %%G:\ IF %USB5% NEQ %%G:\ IF %USB6% NEQ %%G:\ set "USB7=%%G:\"&&GOTO USB8S ) IF %%G==%%G SET USB7= GOTO DONE :USB8S ECHO/ Found HaMaDa USB Drive . . . . . [%USB7%] for %%H in (B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do ( dir %%H:\ 2>nul 1>&2&&if exist "%%H:\xam\" IF %USB1% NEQ %%H:\ IF %USB2% NEQ %%H:\ IF %USB3% NEQ %%H:\ IF %USB4% NEQ %%H:\ IF %USB5% NEQ %%H:\ IF %USB6% NEQ %%H:\ IF %USB7% NEQ %%H:\ set "USB8=%%H:\"&&GOTO USB9S ) IF %%H==%%H SET USB8= GOTO DONE :USB9S ECHO/ Found HaMaDa USB Drive . . . . . [%USB8%] for %%I in (B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do ( dir %%I:\ 2>nul 1>&2&&if exist "%%I\xam\" IF %USB1% NEQ %%I:\ IF %USB2% NEQ %%I:\ IF %USB3% NEQ %%I:\ IF %USB4% NEQ %%I:\ IF %USB5% NEQ %%I:\ IF %USB6% NEQ %%I:\ IF %USB7% NEQ %%I:\ IF %USB8% NEQ %%I:\ set "USB9=%%I:\"&&GOTO USB10S ) IF %%I==%%I SET USB9= GOTO DONE :USB10S ECHO/ Found HaMaDa USB Drive . . . . . [%USB9%] for %%J in (B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do ( dir %%J:\ 2>nul 1>&2&&if exist "%%J:\xam\" IF %USB1% NEQ %%J:\ IF %USB2% NEQ %%J:\ IF %USB3% NEQ %%J:\ IF %USB4% NEQ %%J:\ IF %USB5% NEQ %%J:\ IF %USB6% NEQ %%J:\ IF %USB7% NEQ %%J:\ IF %USB8% NEQ %%J:\ IF %USB9% NEQ %%J:\ set "USB10=%%J:\"&&GOT USB10F ) IF %%J==%%J SET USB10= GOTO DONE :USB10F ECHO/ Found HaMaDa USB Drive . . . . . [%USB10%] :DONE ECHO/ ECHO/ Search finished . . . ECHO/ :NOMORE ECHO/ No More HaMaDa USB Drives Found . . . ECHO/ GOTO END :ERROR ECHO/ Search didn't find any HaMaDa USB Drive plugged in this computer! ECHO/ :END ECHO/ (S) Search again. ECHO/ (Q) Quit ECHO/ CHOICE /C:QS /N /M " :: Press (S) to search again or (Q) to exit: IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO START GOTO EOFF :EOFF CLS ECHO/ ECHO/ SEARCH FINISHED . . . ECHO/ ECHO/ LIST OF ALL DRIVERs FOUND: ECHO/ IF "%USB1%"=="" GOTO EOF ECHO/ 1. HaMaDa USB IN . . . . . . [%USB1%] IF "%USB2%"=="" GOTO EOF ECHO/ 2. HaMaDa USB IN . . . . . . [%USB2%] IF "%USB3%"=="" GOTO EOF ECHO/ 3. HaMaDa USB IN . . . . . . [%USB3%] IF "%USB4%"=="" GOTO EOF ECHO/ 4. HaMaDa USB IN . . . . . . [%USB4%] IF "%USB5%"=="" GOTO EOF ECHO/ 5. HaMaDa USB IN . . . . . . [%USB5%] IF "%USB6%"=="" GOTO EOF ECHO/ 6. HaMaDa USB IN . . . . . . [%USB6%] IF "%USB7%"=="" GOTO EOF ECHO/ 7. HaMaDa USB IN . . . . . . [%USB7%] IF "%USB8%"=="" GOTO EOF ECHO/ 8. HaMaDa USB IN . . . . . . [%USB8%] IF "%USB9%"=="" GOTO EOF ECHO/ 9. HaMaDa USB IN . . . . . . [%USB9%] IF "%USB10%"=="" GOTO EOF ECHO/ 10. HaMaDa USB IN . . . . . . [%USB10%] PAUSE :EOF choice /t 5 /c delay /d d >nul