How to copy files from your desktop to a USB using command line interface

Let's say you have a whole lot of mp3 files from your desktop and want to copy them to your USB without selecting them from a list of file formats or by any chance wanting to be accurate.You can only choose to select only music files from many files.
Lets assume your usb is drive H: this is how you would do it,type copy .\desktop\*.mp3 h:\

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Simple loop in cmd

Ever wondered how to make a loop in cmd 1.start cmd.exe 2.Simple type for /l %i in (1,1,10) do echo %i

How to shutdown a computer using command

Lets say you want to sleep while watching a movie in your laptop and you want it to shut itself down in 30 minutes,an hour or any time you want,this is how you would do it. 1.Start cmd and type shutdown /f /s /t 300 -shutdown calls windows shutdown -/f is to force the shutdown and terminate all the running applications -/s is to specify a shutdown, you may also sleep,hibernate or restart your pc - /t is for time in milliseconds,300 milliseconds is 5 minutes. 2.Lets say you want to abort your scheduled shutdown, just type shutdown /a and the system will cancel automatically and notify you like this.

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