Copy files matching wildcard combinations recursively, but don’t create a directory tree in DOS

Question

I found that I can use xcopy /s to copy all files matching the permutation combinations in a folder to another location. But this command re-creates the folder structure. I do not want a tree. I only need files dumped to the destination folder. There are no duplicate files in the source folder.

Answer 1

You can use the for command:

 for /R %%x in (*.cpp) do copy "%%x" "c:\dest\" 

If you want to run it directly from the command line (and not from a batch file), use% x instead of %% x.

Answer 2

For your purpose, instead of using xcopy you should use robocopy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145(WS.10).aspx