Copy latest 2 files using Windows batch script

Question

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I want to copy the latest 2 files from a directory using Windows batch script.

Answer 1

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
SET transfer=xx
FOR /f "delims=" %%i IN ('dir/b/a-d/o-d *.*') DO IF DEFINED transfer CALL SET transfer=%%transfer:~1%%&ECHO %%i

Just set TRANSFER to a length of #transfers to execute; obviously replace echo %%i with an appropriate COPY command

Answer 2

My version based on Peter Wright 's answer...

@ECHO OFF
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set j=0

FOR /f "delims=" %%i IN ('dir /b /a-d /o-d *.*') DO (
    echo %%i
    set /A j=j+1
    if !j! geq 2 (
        goto :end
    )
)
:end