COPY Command:

copy command in windows copies the files from one directory to another directory. It also helps to combine files where multiple files as a source and single file as a destination.
Syntax:
COPY source destination
COPY source1+source2 destination


Copy a file in the Current Folder:
copy abc.txt new_file.txt

Copy from a different folder to directory:
copy C:\Dir1\abc.txt C:\Dir2\new_file.txt


Copy Multiple Files as a Source and Single file as a destination:
copy file1.txt+file2.txt file3.txt


COPY,XCOPY,ROBOCOPY,RMDIR

XCOPY Command:

Copies the files and directories into another directory.
Syntax:
XCOPY source destination [options].

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/S Copy folders and subfolders
xcopy C:\Dir1\Dir2 c:\Dir3 /S

/P Prompt before creating each file.

/C Continue copying if error occurs.

Xcopy Limitation:Insufficient Memory Error

Xcopy fails with an “insufficient memory” error when the path plus filename is longer than 254 characters. The alternative to Xcopy is Robocopy.

ROBOCOPY Command:

Its a Robust File and Folder Copy.
Syntax:
ROBOCOPY source_folder destination_folder [options]
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/E: Copy Subfolders, including Empty Folders

Skipped Files:

During the copy of files, some of the files which are empty are Skipped. To overcome this issue use the following Option.
/MIN:n : MINimum file size – exclude files smaller than n bytes.

Example:
ROBOCOPY source_folder destination_folder /E /MIN:0

RMDIR Command

Deletes files and folders.
Syntax:
RD path [options]

/S : Delete all files and subfolders

/Q : Quiet – do not display Y/N confirmation

Example:
Deletes the Folder dir2 and subfolders with-in the dir2 with out prompting the confirmation.
rmdir /S /Q C:\dir1\dir2