Question

Is it possible to use xcopy to copy files from several directories into one directory using only one xcopy command?

Assuming that I have the directory tree

root\Source\Sub1\Sub2

I want to copy all .xml files from the directory root\Source including sub folder to root\Destination. I don’t want to copy the folder structure, just the files.

Answer 1

As DandDI said, you don’t need xcopy. for statement helps much. However, you don’t need to state process outcome of dir command as well, this command helps better

for /R c:\source %f in (*.xml) do copy '%f' x:\destination\ 

By the way, when you use it from a batch file, you need to add spare % in front of variable %f hence your command line should be;

for /R c:\source %%f in (*.xml) do copy %%f x:\destination\ 

when you use it within a batch

• Should surround %f with double quotes otherwise it will fail copying file names with spaces