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Answered copy command to copy multiple files only copies the first file

  • Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:06 AM
     
     
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    hi friends

    i have a simple question and i'm sorry to ask that here. i didn't get any result after Googling and testing

    in win2008 R2 i want to copy 3 files from c:\ to  d:\folder2 , but none of the following commands works !! they only copy the first file.  what is the cause ?

    c:\>copy file1.txt + file2.txt + file3.txt  D:\folder2

    or

    c:\>copy file1.txt+file2.txt+file3.txt  D:\folder2

    where i am wrong ?

    thank in advance 


    • Edited by john.s2011 Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:06 AM
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  • Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12 AM
     
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    copy file1.txt d:\folder2 & copy file2.txt d:\folder2 & copy file3.txt d:\folder2

    Grant Ward, a.k.a. Bigteddy

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  • Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:31 AM
     
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    c:\>copy file1.txt + file2.txt + file3.txt  D:\folder2

    The above command would almost work but it would do something other than what you had intended:

    copy file1.txt + file2.txt + file3.txt  D:\folder2\Result.txt

    It merges the three files and it puts the result into Result.txt. The difference between + and & is this:
    + will cause the files to be merged.
    & will cause several commands on one line to be executed one after the other, as if each command was on its own line

    • Marked As Answer by john.s2011 Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12 AM
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  • Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12 AM
     
     
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    c:\>copy file1.txt + file2.txt + file3.txt  D:\folder2

    The above command would almost work but it would do something other than what you had intended:

    copy file1.txt + file2.txt + file3.txt  D:\folder2\Result.txt

    It merges the three files and it puts the result into Result.txt. The difference between + and & is this:
    + will cause the files to be merged.
    & will cause several commands on one line to be executed one after the other, as if each command was on its own line

    hi pegasus

    thank you very much for your great explanation

    regards

     
  • Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:13 AM
     
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    copy file1.txt d:\folder2 & copy file2.txt d:\folder2 & copy file3.txt d:\folder2

    Grant Ward, a.k.a. Bigteddy

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    hello Bigteddy

    thank you very much for great syntax

    regards