Setting up Source and Destdir in a batch - batch-file

Question

for /L %%f in (1,1,10) do copy File1.txt %%f.txt
this code does the job very well, but I'm trying to understand how to change it to make it read
subfolders, so that I don't have to keep moving the batch file to every folder
I saw this, but not really sure how to put it together
#echo off
SET "sourcedir=C:\Users\user\Desktop\Main\Original"
SET "destdir=C:\Users\user\Desktop\Main\Copied"
for /L %%f in ('dir /s 1,1,10) do copy *.txt %%f.txt
in the section - copy *.txt %%f - I put a * so that it can only look for .txt files, but this action
slows down the coping and then stops working.
I know my code is a mess, just trying to put something together
I have many Subfolders and each folder has 1 txt file in it with all random names
and I need to make multiple copies of each file.txt in each folder
I have so many subfolders that it would literally take me months of time to get all files copied
and by then I would have many more new files to work on
so getting this copier to read Subfolders is like top priority for me.
I would like help putting this together and then explaining how it links
because I'm interested in applying the Set and dir to other batch file I have
Please any details on this will be much appreciated
I was told to look into xcopy and robocopy, but I have no idea were to add a counter
#echo off
for /1 %f in (1,1,10) do xcopy "C:\Sources" "C:\Target" /c /d /i /y
exit
So I have this that reads from source and dumps in main folder where the batch is
Option 1)
for /L %%f in (1,1,10) do xcopy "C:\Source Address\*.txt" %%f.txt
Option 2)
for /L %%f in (1,1,10) do xcopy "C:\Source Address\" "C:\Destination Address\ %%f.txt"
The thing I don't like is that is asks me a question
and I have over 10,000 txt files, I can't sit here and press F for Filename
10,000 times, can we disable that
OK, so I got this working
all I need help with is were to add this /c /d /i /y
I am still trying to get it to read Subfolders with the batch sitting
in the main folder and me not having to move files back and forth
Option 3)
for /L %%f in (1,1,110) do copy "C:\Source Address\*.txt" %%f.txt`
This works well with the Source and the wild card #magoo told me to add
the Source before the .txt file
But with this code I would still have to open hundreds of folders and move
the file to the source run the copier and then move back all copied files
Still need help with Subfolders

Answer 1

for /L %%f in (1,1,10) do copy File1.txt %%f.txt
will vary %%f from 1 (the first number in the parenthesised list) to 10 (the last) in steps of 1 (the middle) and will therefore copy file1.txt to 10 separate files, 1.txt to 10.txt.
Since there are no paths specified, the copy will be performed from file1.txt in the current directory to 1.txt .. 10.txt in the current directory.
If you were to put your batch file in any directory that is mentioned in the path variable (just execute path at the prompt to show it) then no matter where the current directory is, you could just use that batch filename to execute the batch, and the files would be created by copying file1.txt in the now-current directory to 1.txt .. 10.txt in the now-current directory - if file1.txt exists in the now-current directory, and if not, it will generate error messages reporting that the source file is missing.
If you were to replace file1.txt in the batch with "x:\wherever\file1.txt" then the file would be copied specifically from the file "x:\wherever\file1.txt" regardless of whether file1.txt exists in the now-current directory. (And please get used to "quoting file or pathnames" as it will avoid a whole slough of problems when you tackle names containing spaces and some other special characters).
I have no idea how for /L %%f in ('dir /s 1,1,10) do is supposed to work since according to Hoyle, the first element in the parenthesised list should be a number. I'd suggest that we have a small transcription problem here.
Th slower and slower problem - yes, understandable. You are creating more and more .txt files, and copying all of them to a new destination...
Perhaps referring to This response and question might show how to solve your subdirectory-scan issue.