Jack Wallen continues his Linux 101 series, with an introduction on how to copy files and directories from the command line.

Using the Command Prompt, you can tell Windows to output a text document containing a directory list. This text document can then be imported into Excel and modified just like any other spreadsheet.

I've got a file that I need to update some folders with. Problem is that I don't actually want to replace what's out there, I just want to drop the new one along side the old one. Another issue is ...

Learn how to copy the list of file , folder, and subfolder names to the clipboard in Windows 11/10 using Explorer or the DIR command in CMD.

You can run a series of Linux commands to copy multiple files to a folder or copy a single file to multiple folders, but you can save time and trouble by using xargs, loops and scripts.

Finally, run this command to copy all the files in the subfolders to a main folder. Here, replace MainFolder with the destination folder’s location.