The attrib command displays or changes file attributes (properties). For example a file that is by default hidden will not normally appear in a directory listing. If the following command is used prior to the listing then the file will have its hidden attribute changed from hidden to show.
Attrib h c:\\myfile.txt for example for a list of switches type attrib /? or use help copy this will copy one file from one location to another xcopy will also copy the directory tree structure rename this command will rename a file in a specified directory and will rename multiple files when a wildcard is used, for example ren *.txt *.doc will rename all text files to have a doc extension. The renamed file(s) remain(s) in the same folder as the original; this command cannot move files to another folder.