XCopy

[jstevens]

It is possible to condense two lines of code down to one?

Example:
XCopy "D:\MyFolder\*.xls" "D:\MyFolder2"
XCopy "D:\MyFolder\*.doc" "D:\MyFolder2"

Condense down to something like this:
XCopy "D:\MyFolder\*.xls;*.doc" "D:\MyFolder2"

Thanks,
John

[HansV]

You can use the & character to combine commands on one line, but you'll still have to specify them completely:

XCopy "D:\MyFolder\*.xls" "D:\MyFolder2" & XCopy "D:\MyFolder\*.doc" "D:\MyFolder2"

You can't omit the second XCopy!

[jstevens]

Hans,

I sort of new where the response was going but I had to ask.

Regards,
John

[HansV]

There are two additional possibilities:

A && B

&& means: B will only be executed if A was successful.

A || B

|| means: B will only be executed if A failed.

If you want to make it even more complicated, you can use parentheses ( ) to group commands. See Microsoft Windows XP - Command shell overview.