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Copy files having name noted in .txt file

ricky, on Oct 31, 2009 11:19:37 am GMT 
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Hello,

Actually I have names of certain files in a .txt file....
I want to copy this files from one folder to other
I want to write a batch file for the same....

Eg :
I have 50 files in c:\
I noted 15 of them in a .txt file say sample.txt
I want to copy this 15 files to d:\
I want to write a batch file which server the purpose

I was using code as
for %a IN (d:\\sample.txt) do copy "c:\\%a" "d:\\"


its giving error......
Any help is highly appreciated..

Configuration: Windows 2003
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