Copy (command)

The command is available in RT-11, OS/8, OpenVMS, MetaComCo TRIPOS, HDOS, Z80-RIO, OS-9, DOS, FlexOS, 4690 OS, PC-MOS, HP MPE/iX, OS/2, Windows, ROM-DOS, ReactOS, SymbOS, DexOS, and 86-DOS. Under IBM PC DOS/MS-DOS the command is available since version 1. Some shells provide a copy command with a different name. In Unix-based systems, the copy command is cp. In CP/M, the command is PIP. in OpenVOS, the command is copy_file. ==DOS==

The following copies existing file fromfile to path tofile. copy fromfile tofile A file can be copied to a device. The following sends a file to the printer on lpt1. copy letter.txt lpt1 The following outputs to stdout, like the type command. copy letter.txt con The following concatenates the page# files into book.txt like cat. copy page1.txt+page2.txt book.txt The command can copy files between drives. The following uses text mode to copy text of the file, stopping when it reaches an EOF character. copy /a doc1.txt + doc2.txt doc3.txt copy /a *.txt doc3.txt The following uses binary mode, concatenating files in their entirety and ignoring EOF characters. copy /b image1.jpg + image2.jpg image3.jpg ==See also==