I have two text files...files.txt containing a list of filenames and dirs.txt containing the list of directories the files need to be copied to.
This is how the files need to be copied:
File 1 ------------------------> Folder 1
File 2 ------------------------> Folder 2
File 3 ------------------------> Folder 3
How do I implement this using batch? Thanks in advance...
Try this:
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "delims=" %%a in (files.txt) do (
set /p dir=
echo copy "%%~a" "!dir!"
)<dirs.txt
pause
The above works - Mona can revise or remove the following:
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
3<dirs.txt(
for /f "delims=" %%a in (files.txt) do (
set /p dir=<&3
copy "%%~a" "!dir!"
)
)
And that should do what you want. Note if dirs.txt has less lines then files.txt, this will fail.
Mona.
E:\>cmd.bat E:\>setlocal enabledelayedexpansion The syntax of the command is incorrect. E:\>3<dirs.txt( E:\> 
Folder 1 which is the 1st item in dirs.txt.Well I managed to figure it out...thanks to this answer from @foxidrive. Here is the code:
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set /A i=0
for /F "usebackq delims==" %%a in (files.txt) do (
set /A i+=1
call set array1[%%i%%]=%%a
call set n=%%i%%
)
set /A i=0
for /F "usebackq delims==" %%a in (dirs.txt) do (
set /A i+=1
call set array2[%%i%%]=%%a
)
for /L %%i in (1,1,%n%) do call copy "%%array1[%%i]%%" "%%array2[%%i]%%"
It's definitely not the best solution...but it works!
Thanks everyone for your help.
