Copying a file to multiple folders in the same directory

Question

I have a file, lets call it EXAMPLE.DBF

The location of this file is C:\EXAMPLE.DBF

Now I would like to copy this file into multiple folders at another location. These folders are dated Sub-directories so they are named 20140101 - 20141231 and their location would be in d:\bootd\hello\20140101 - 20141231 Not only that but a file named EXAMPLE.DBF already exists in the folders...so it will ask to Copy and Replace. I will need c:\EXAMPLE to copy and replace the existing EXAMPLE.DBF in 365 folders (20140101-20141231) in a different location.

If anyone could help me out with this I will be truly grateful.

Answer 1

Directly from the prompt,

for /d %a in (d:\bootd\hello\2014*) do copy /y C:\EXAMPLE.DBF %a\

Will copy C:\EXAMPLE.DBF to each directory of d:\bootd\hello\ which matches the pattern 2014* (ie. simply starts 2014), replacing any existing example.dbf in that subdirectory, if that is what you want to do.

To suppress the 1 file(s) copied messae generate for each, simply append >nul to the above line.

Answer 2

Just a small addition to @Magoo's answer;

in case the destination folders have spaces in their names, use double quotes like this: for /d %a in (d:\bootd\hello\2014*) do copy /y C:\EXAMPLE.DBF "%a\"

and as pointed out by @ian0411, in case source folder has spaces in its name, use double quotes like this: for /d %a in (d:\bootd\hello\2014*) do copy /y "C:\EXAMPLE.DBF" %a\