Auto Duplicate file X Times ?

Bree said:

Welcome to Ten Forums.

Glad you like it. I have added a prefix to the count in the copy's filename that is initially empty, but will be set to 0 if the count is 9 or less. As the count is running down from your specified number, when it reaches 9 the filename will say '(Copy 09)' now.

Code:

@echo off
echo.
if NOT "%2"=="" goto next1

echo %0 will make the specified number of copies of a file to (by default) the current folder
echo The copies will have '(Copy n) ' added at the beginning of the filename, where 'n' is the count
echo .
echo Useage: %0 copies source_file [destination folder]
echo example: %0 10 test.txt C:\temp
goto end

:next1
if EXIST ".\%2" goto next2
echo file %2 not found
goto end

:next2
set count=%1
set destination=%3
if "%3"=="" set destination=.
set prefix=

:repeat
if %count% LEQ 9 set prefix=0
@echo on
copy %2 "%destination%\(Copy %prefix%%count%) %2"
@echo off
pause

set /a count=%count%-1 
if %count% LEQ 0 echo Requested number of copies (%1) have been made.
if %count% LEQ 0 goto end

goto repeat

:end

That is perfect!!! How can I buy you a beer or coffee??

Bree said:

Yes. That is a relatively easy change to make. Use MultiCopy2.bat (attached in a .zip). Drop the extracted .bat into the folder where you want to make duplicates and run it, you'll be asked for a file name and the number of copies. This one can cope with spaces in the file name.


Well, normally I'd say just ask away, but this could grow into a very long thread that way

I Googled for a CMD guide for you, there are many out there, but most are not very good. The link I gave at the bottom of post #7 is the best one I found, if you wish to learn more.

Hello Bree, can you post a txt version of your MultiCopy2.zip, i cannot dnl that one somehow.

Regards

Hi all,
I found this thread and it has helped me immensely so thank you for putting it here.
I think I have an understanding of the code and I've tried to fiddle with it so that it will automatically overwrite any existing files but I'm not having much luck.

I could be mixing switched though as I've been trying xcopy switches.

@echo off

:next1
set count=%1
set destination=%2
if "%2"=="" set destination=.

:repeat
xcopy c:\users\User1\music\ e:\ /i

set /a count=%count%-1
if %count% LEQ 0 echo Requested number of copies (%1) have been made.
if %count% LEQ 0 goto end

goto repeat

Basically I'm trying to copy files repeatedly to a HDD until it is full.

Thank you
David

Thanks.
Actually that helps with an alternative solution.

D

@Bree and @beltman713
Really helpful stuff, saved me a lot of time (and thinking

Thx!