How to copy specific files from one folder to another from the command prompt

Question

I have a large folder of pictures (thousands), and I have a long list of files, by exact file name, that I need to copy to another folder using Windows commands, through cmd prompt only. I use Windows 7.

I want to know if there is a way I can select several specific files from this folder, by name, and copy them to another folder, using the terminal, without copying them individually?.

I know I can do it with xcopy but i want to copy specific types of files only say 'jpeg','bmp',etc.

Answer 1

copy c:\scr\*.jpg c:\dst
copy c:\src\*.bmp c:\dst

Answer 2

Something like:

xcopy /s "c:\source\*.jpeg" "c:\destination\"

should do the trick. Additionally, if you type xcopy /?, you should get the documentation. (you can replace .jpeg with whatever file extension you want.

The information on the page Microsoft DOS xcopy command provides considerably more information and guidance.

Answer 3

Try using

xcopy /d /y /s "\Your Image Folder\*.jpg" "C:\Users\%username%\Desktop\Master Image Folder\" 

Also you can simply use

copy *.<extension> <other folder>

For example :

copy C:\Users\desktop\*.jpg D:\backup

will copy all files with extension .jpg from path C:\Users\desktop\ to D:\backup\