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To copy the file named

REPORT

to the same diskette and

name the copy

FACTS,

type the following and press Enter:

COPY REPORT FACTS

Now you have two files on the default drive that have the same

contents but different names. In this example, you can omit the
drive designators because the original file and the copy are both
on the current drive.

Using wildcards

An easy way to copy a group of files is by using wildcard

characters in the filenames. You can use two wildcards:

* and ?. The asterisk represents any group of characters and

the question mark represents any single character.

For example, to copy all the files on the diskette in drive A to
the diskette in drive B, type the following and press Enter:

COPY A:*.* B:

To copy all files with names that begin with the four letters

MEMO and end with any single character (such as MEMO1),

type the following and press Enter:

COPY A:MEMO? B:

You can also use the COPY command to combine several files

into one. For example, to create a new file called DATA that

consists of the files REPORT, FACTS, and MEMO, type the
following and press Enter:

COPY REPORT + FACTS + MEMO DATA

Now the file DATA consists of REPORT followed by FACTS
followed by MEMO.

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