How can I search and copy files using a .bat file?

Question

I would like to search for all .txt files from a computer drive and copy them to a specific folder using a batch file.

Solution

This batch script will help you achieve what you're after

@ECHO OFF
SET /P drive="Enter the drive letter"
FOR /R "%drive%:\" %%G IN (*.txt) DO (
ECHO COPY %%G W:\RestorePoint\%%~nG
)

I'm assuming in this script that the restore directory is "W:\RestorePoint" which is a directory that needs to be created prior to running the script.

Comments

[fixer1234]

You're talking about recursing through all directories on the drive and copying all .txt files to a single folder on another drive?

[Anderson Oliveira]

Yes, that's what I want.

[Dhiwakar Ravikumar]

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