Beldar wrote:

If 'marc.txt' and 'mard.txt' are the only two files in that
directory, then you could do

move c:\mar?.txt c:\filexfer\

where '?' stands for any single character. If you have files
like 'marc.txt', 'mard.txt', 'marc101.txt', 'mardigras.txt',
etc., then you could move them all by using

move c:\mar*.txt c:\filexfer\

where '*' replaces any number of characters.

Alternatively, if you want to specify each file name without
using wildcard syntax (as in the preceding examples), you could
enter the following at a CMD prompt:

for %a in (c:\file1.txt c:\file3.txt c:\file7.txt) do @echo move %a c:\filexfer\

If the preceding appears to do what you intend, then remove the word
'echo' to actually move the specified files. To use the preceding in
a batch file, double the percent signs, e.g., '%%a' instead of '%a'.

--
Phil Robyn
Univ. of California, Berkeley

u n z i p m y a d d r e s s t o s e n d e - m a i l

Phil,

Thanx for the tip. It works perfectly. I'm still mystified though, at the
fact that the MOVE command is not working as advertised, specifically:

To move one or more files:
MOVE [/Y | /-Y] [drive:][path]filename1[,...] destination

Thanx again.


"Phil Robyn [MVP]" <zipprobyn@berkeley.edu> wrote in message
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move two files, I do not want to use wild cards. Can anyone supply the
EXACT syntax? I've tried 2 billion variations, none work. Thanx.