How to: Copy multiple filenames & extensions, creating empty files

[tid433]

Windows 7

Problem:
Copy multiple filenames and their extensions to create empty multiple files of the same name.

 

[Gillerer]

You can use robocopy for this. E.g. in PowerShell (all one one line as single command):

PS C:\Users\Username> robocopy "C:\Users\Username\Documents" "D:\EmptyFileLocation" -s -create

-s makes robocopy recursively add subdirectories, omitting empty ones
-e would do the same, except it includes empty subdirectories
-create creates zero-length files instead of copying existing ones