batch file Copy files with certain extensions from multiple directories into one directory

Question

I\'m a newbie, so bear with me...

I am trying to copy all .doc files that I have scattered throughout several subdirectories of one main directory into

Answer 1

In a batch file solution

for /R c:\source %%f in (*.xml) do copy %%f x:\destination\

The code works as such;

for each file for in directory c:\source and subdirectories /R that match pattern (\*.xml) put the file name in variable %%f, then for each file do copy file copy %%f to destination x:\\destination\\

Just tested it here on my Windows XP computer and it worked like a treat for me. But I typed it into command prompt so I used the single %f variable name version, as described in the linked question above.