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Bob - 12 Jun 2006 01:04 GMT

I need to copy/move JPG files out of a folder containing NEF and JPGs.
With MSDOS years ago, I would just "copy *.jpg" to another folder. That
command would leave the NEF files and copy only the JPGs. Does anybody
know how to do this with Windows?

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Paul J Gans - 12 Jun 2006 01:21 GMT

>I need to copy/move JPG files out of a folder containing NEF and JPGs.
>With MSDOS years ago, I would just "copy *.jpg" to another folder. That
>command would leave the NEF files and copy only the JPGs. Does anybody
>know how to do this with Windows?

That's how it works. With $ as a prompt:

$ copy *.jpg <destination>

Windows has wild cards, but of course they are not standard,
except for some of the simple things.

---- Paul J. Gans

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Frank ess - 12 Jun 2006 01:41 GMT

>> I need to copy/move JPG files out of a folder containing NEF and
>> JPGs. With MSDOS years ago, I would just "copy *.jpg" to another
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>
> ---- Paul J. Gans

In WinExplorer,
sort the file type column,
highlight your choice,
drag 'n' drop
?

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Bob - 12 Jun 2006 03:42 GMT

>>> I need to copy/move JPG files out of a folder containing NEF and
>>> JPGs. With MSDOS years ago, I would just "copy *.jpg" to another
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> 'n' drop
> ?

Thank you! I have moved 368 JPGs out of the folder, leaving the
NEFs------hanks again!

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Frank ess - 12 Jun 2006 06:12 GMT

>>>> I need to copy/move JPG files out of a folder containing NEF and
>>>> JPGs. With MSDOS years ago, I would just "copy *.jpg" to another
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> Thank you! I have moved 368 JPGs out of the folder, leaving the
> NEFs------hanks again!

Yay!

'Welcome.

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