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[xterm11]

How can I copy a file into a subfolder, if I don't know the name of the subfolder? Whenever I use * it says I'm copying over the file, and it doesn't like the syntax of *\*.

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@echo off
Copy example.txt "%~dp0*\*"
pause

Something like that.

[avery_larry]

Do you want it copied into every subfolder?

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cd /d "%~dp0"
for /d %%a in (*) do copy example.txt "%%a"

[xterm11]

Do you want it copied into every subfolder?

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cd /d "%~dp0"
for /d %%a in (*) do copy example.txt "%%a"

THANK YOU! Just what I needed. Could you explain it to me?

[avery_larry]

for /d

That tells the for loop to match directories when using wildcards.

So if you CD into the parent directory first, you can use:

for /d %%a in (*) do

to assign %%a to every subdirectory of the current directory (one at a time), and then execute the do portion on each subdirectory. You can actually specify the path inside the parentheses instead of CD into it like this:

for /d %%a in (c:\tmp\*) do

but it will choke if the path contains spaces, and you can't use double quotes inside the parentheses when using for /d.

In short, the for /d loop allows us to use a wildcard for the subdirectory(ies) to match, where the simple copy command will not allow that.