Copy non xml files from one directory to another using windows command

Question

I have a source folder where i have xml files and non xml files. I need to copy only non xml files from source to destination folder. I have written commands as below which does xml files copy from source to destination folder. But i need to non xml files. Kindly help.

@echo on
set SRCROOT=D:\input
set DESTNAME=D:\archive

echo Creating Directories...
if not exist %DESTNAME% md %DESTNAME%

echo Copying Files...
copy /Y %SRCROOT%\*.xml %DESTNAME%

Update: I tried as below and it worked. Looping through the directory and copying all non xml files:

@echo on
set SRCROOT=D:\input
set DESTNAME=D:\archive

echo Creating Directories...
if not exist %DESTNAME% md %DESTNAME%

@echo off
for %%i in (%SRCROOT%\*.*) do if not "%%~xi" == ".xml" copy /Y %%i %DESTNAME%

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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Use robocopy instead. It is available with the OS since Windows7. The /xf option allows you to exclude files, like *.xml:

robocopy %SRCROOT% %DESTNAME% * /xf *.xml

Otherwise xcopy has the /exclude option, but it takes a file. See /exclude in xcopy just for a file type.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered Sep 16 '14 at 07:29

Remus Rusanu

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It worked. But, my commands should be supported on older version of windows as well – Anita Sep 16 '14 at 07:33

Loïc MICHEL · Answer 2 · 2014-09-16T11:13:59.333

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xcopy has an exclude option:

echo .xml >>c:\temp\exclude.txt
xcopy %SRCROOT%\*.* %DESTNAME% /exclude:c:\temp\exclude.txt
del c:\temp\exclude.txt

edited Sep 16 '14 at 11:13

answered Sep 16 '14 at 07:30

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Copy non xml files from one directory to another using windows command

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