1 file to multiple folders

On my server I have 1 file that I need to copy to all user folders. I was hoping to use either Applescript or Automater to do this but I'm not sure how to accomplish it. Can anyone lead me in the right direction on this?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

one specific audio file (blank) which is missing in hundreds of different folders with audio samples. What would solve the problem is if I could tell macosx to copy that one file recursively into a folder and all sub- and subsub- etc folders.
You could try using commands in Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities). I came up with the following:
If there is a folder on your Desktop named "targetfolder" that contains any number of subfolders at various levels, and there is also a file on the Desktop whose name begins with "blank", then the following Terminal commands will copy the "blank" file recursively into targetfolder and all of its subfolders.
Copy-paste each line into the Terminal window, and type Return after each:
cd ~/Desktop
find targetfolder -type d -exec cp blank* {} \;
For safety, try this only on a copy of your real audio folder. You could drag that copy onto the Desktop and rename it "targetfolder" before trying this.
BobHarris - Would appreciate your thoughts first - does this look OK? I'm not very experienced in Unix.

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