Copy the contents of one file to another (Windows Command Prompt)

Copying the contents of one file to another in Windows Command Prompt (CMD). Two variants:

1. Copying by TYPE command
2. Copying by COPY command

Copy by TYPE command

TYPE "FILE1.txt" > "FILE2.txt"

Copy by COPY command

COPY /Y "FILE1.TXT" "FILE2.TXT"

Note: The /Y switch of COPY command is used to suppress the "Overwrite FILE2.TXT? (Yes/No/All):" confirmation prompt.

Links

1. TYPE ss64.com/nt/type.html
2. COPY ss64.com/nt/copy.html

Operating systems

• Windows

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