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I can run the command below as a script, and it executes without error. But the file is never copied to E:\Documents.

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

copy "C:\eBooks\Cooking\Family Recipes.docx|E:\Documents";

The "|" char is not used to separate source and target of a copy operation, you should look at some examples in the help file.

RalphM wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019 03:19 The "|" char is not used to separate source and target of a copy operation, you should look at some examples in the help file.

These examples from the online help doc clearly show the files separated by a "|" character:

Examples
copy "E:\Test\Test.txt|E:\Test\a\alpha.png";
copy "D:\TestD.txt|E:\TestE.txt|F:\TestF.txt";
copy <clp>; //copy (text or items in clipboard) as items, marked as copied
copy <clp>, "cut"; //copy (text or items in clipboard) as items, marked as cut

You did read the documentation of help copy? At least the very first line?

What does it say that it copies to?

RalphM wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019 03:19 The "|" char is not used to separate source and target of a copy operation, you should look at some examples in the help file.

Okay, maybe I should have added: "|" is used to separate different source files but for your intended use you might want to change the command to "copyto" and then you still need to define a target for the operation.

RalphM wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019 10:39

RalphM wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019 03:19 The "|" char is not used to separate source and target of a copy operation, you should look at some examples in the help file.

Okay, maybe I should have added: "|" is used to separate different source files but for your intended use you might want to change the command to "copyto" and then you still need to define a target for the operation.

Thanks, using copyto did what I wanted.