FOR usage to copy from list file

[drgt]

Hi
I tried to search for the FOR usage

How to copy a set of files listed in FileList.txt using the FOR command both directly from the command prompt and from a batch file?

Are there any limitations in language, spaces etc in the file names contained in FileList.txt?

Thank you.

[ShadowThief]

You'd want to use for /f for that. See FOR_F on SS64 for more.

In the command prompt

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for /f "delims=" %A in (FileList.txt) do (
    copy "%A" "C:\path\to\wherever\you're\putting\them\and also this is in quotes because it's 2016 and people still put spaces in their paths\omg"
)

edited:

In a script (same thing, but %%A instead of %A)

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for /f "delims=" %%A in (FileList.txt) do (
    copy "%%A" "C:\path\to\wherever\you're\putting\them\and also this is in quotes because it's 2016 and people still put spaces in their paths\omg"
)

[drgt]

Thanks a lot !!!

I take it this "%A%" is a typo?

[ShadowThief]

What %A%?

%A (with one %) is used on the command prompt, %%A (with two consecutive %s) is used in scripts.

[foxidrive]

There was one there - a typo. The autocorrecting software on the Dostips forum fixed it.

[drgt]

Thanks.
How can I mark this SOLVED?