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Let’s say you want to copy a particular file from the
diskette in drive A to the diskette in drive B using the
same name. Type:
COPY A:
file1. ext B:
If you want to copy a file from the diskette in drive A
to the diskette in drive B using a new name, type:
COPY A:
file1.ext B: file2.ext
To copy a file onto the same diskette with a new name,
type:
COPY file1 file2
In this case, you can omit the drive identifier as long
as the file exists on the current drive.
An easy way to copy a group of files is by using
wildcard characters in the filenames. To copy all the
files on the diskette in drive A to the diskette in drive
B, type:
COPY *.* B:
In this case, drive A is the current drive, and the
diskette in drive B is a new, formatted diskette.
Another task you can perform with the COPY
command is to combine a number of files into one file.
Use this format:
COPY
file1.ext + file2 + file3.ext new file
When you use the COPY command this way it copies
filel, then file2, and then file3 into the new file. All
these files are located on the current drive.
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