file rename utility

[wilderness]

I've 982 files named "index" across more than 7,500 folders.

For the most part these are publications, which are contained in sub-directories in the following manner:

1) Publication Name
2) Decade
3) Year
4) Month
5) Week

I'm looking for some sort of file utility that will do the following:
1) copy the files to another location
2) rename the files adding path (Name, decade, year, month and week) to the NEW file name.

Anybody aware of such a creature?

[wilderness]

Good Ol Dos:

XCOPY C:\source\index.* C:\NEW\index.* /S

[CBedo]

Good Ol Dos:

XCOPY C:\source\index.* C:\NEW\index.* /SYep, as long as the command line doesn't scare you off, this is definitely the easiest way.

[wilderness]

Yep, as long as the command line doesn't scare you off, this is definitely the easiest way.

Difficult for such a thing to "scare you off", when that's where your beginnings are.

Wonder how many people recall using something called "edlin" ?
(I did a google and a wiki page came that says Edlin is still available in 32-bit versions of NT).

[CBedo]

Difficult for such a thing to "scare you off", when that's where your beginnings are.

Wonder how many people recall using something called "edlin" ?
(I did a google and a wiki page came that says Edlin is still available in 32-bit versions of NT).Why would that still be around, lol? Some people are REALLY afraid of change, haha. I remember using that to edit the autoexec.bat and config.sys on my old systems. My first programming classes in college were done using line editors--what a pain!.

[wilderness]

from what I read, it stated that it was primarily being used as a script editor.

[JustRalph]

Good Ol Dos:

XCOPY C:\source\index.* C:\NEW\index.* /S

Bravo!! I was running the syntax through my head and failing........to recall.