Working with files

Copying

Use copy (copy) to copy. You have to provide a source and destination path.

Copy 'test.txt' to 'copy.txt' (both in the current directory)
copy test.txt copy.txt

Copy 'test.txt' to another location
copy test.txt c:\Users\alice\documents\copy.txt

You can copy entire directories (and their contents) with the xcopy command.

Copy the directory 'music' to 'music2'
xcopy music music2

Use move move/rename files and directories. You have to provide a source and destination path.

Rename 'test.txt' to 'copy.txt'
move test.txt copy.txt

Move 'test.txt' to the parent directory (note since we don't want to change the filename we can just specify the directory)
move test.txt ..

You can also move directories (and their contents).

Move the directory 'music' to 'music2'
move music music2

Move the directory 'music' to an existing subdirectory (note the trailing slash)
move music old/

Use del (del) to delete files.

Delete 'test.txt'
del test.txt