Replacing a file into multiple folders/subdirectories

Question

Is there a way in command prompt to take one file and copy it into another folder and it's subdirectories based on it's name?

I have an image named 5.jpg that has been put in a sub-folder that is in every folder in a directory. I want to do a search inside of the folder (with the old image) and its sub-folders and replace all of the results with the new image.

Answer 1

I'm not sure if I understood you completely. The following code will search for all occurences of 5.jpg in subfolders of C:\MyPath\ and replaces them with C:\NewImage\5.jpg. I did test it, so it should work.

FOR with parameter /R will help you here:

FOR /R C:\MyPath\ %%I IN (5.jpg) DO COPY /Y C:\NewImage\5.jpg %%~fI

If you want more information about what FOR /R does and what %%~fI means, have a look at FOR /? | more which gives nice explanations about the new Windows cmd possibilities that are used here.