Can Windows' copy command handle multiple files?

Question

On a Unix system, this command copies two files to a folder named folder:

cp foo bar folder

On Windows, this is not a valid command:

copy foo bar folder
The syntax of the command is incorrect.

Can I do this in one command on Windows, using its built-in tools?

Answer 1

for %I in (file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt) do copy %I c:\somedir\

You can use this in either a batch file or directly from the command line. Not as clean as *nix, but it works.

Answer 2

Here is a short batch script to facilitate copying multiple files:

set FOLDER=%1

shift

for %%i in (%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9) do copy %%i %FOLDER%

Usage:

my-copy <DEST-FOLDER> source [source2, source3, ...]

Answer 3

Try

copy foo + bar folder