Copy all txt files from all subfolders using xcopy

Question

I have been tasked with copying all .txt files from the Program Files folder as well as all of it's subdirectories to another folder I have created. The script I have:

xcopy c:\"program files"\*\*.txt c:\temp\myfiles\lessons

doesn't want to work. What am I missing?

I don't know anything about xcopy, but that path looks funny. What happens if you try `xcopy "c:\program files\*\*.txt" c:\temp\myfiles\lessons`? — Kevin, Sep 30 '15 at 16:29

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 30 '15 at 16:54

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If you want to maintain the folder structure,

xcopy /s "c:\program files\*.txt" c:\temp\myfiles\lessons

If not,

for /r "c:\program files" %a in (*.txt) do @copy /y "%a" c:\temp\myfiles\lessons

answered Sep 30 '15 at 16:54

Anna T.

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Nice one. :) Worked for me. – Naveen Kumar V Sep 11 '21 at 21:09

Copy all txt files from all subfolders using xcopy

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