copy text not contents

this should be an easy one but I can't figure it out.

using windows explorer for my example -

I have a folder that has lots of sub folders in it.

I want to copy the names (text only) of the sub folders to a document but not the contents (files) of the sub folders.

how do I do this? when I try to a copy it wants to copy name & contents.

any ideas?

open a cmd shell in the top dir

dir /d > filename.txt

thanks for the DOS help - win 7 popped open a notepad window - very cool.

oystercatcher said:

nedjinski said:

this should be an easy one but I can't figure it out.

using windows explorer for my example -

I have a folder that has lots of sub folders in it.

I want to copy the names (text only) of the sub folders to a document but not the contents (files) of the sub folders.

how do I do this? when I try to a copy it wants to copy name & contents.

any ideas?

open a cmd shell in the top dir

dir /d > filename.txt

THANK YOU!!!

I want to take this one level deeper and get the names of the directories under that top directory. Can someone help?

-thnx in advance

logicearth said:

MourningStar said:

I want to take this one level deeper and get the names of the directories under that top directory. Can someone help?

-thnx in advance

use tree command?

How? example please, I am born yesterday :)

thnx 4 reply

Brink said:

This may work great for this as well. :)

Context Menu - Add View and Print File Directory - Vista Forums

Thnx Brink - that stuff looks too complex for me.

oystercatcher's solution is simple for a neophyte such as myself and does one level short of what I am wanting (the text file creation is perfect). Maybe an additional switch in the dir command or an alternate (tree?) dos command?

-thnx

Brink said:

MourningStar said:

Brink said:

This may work great for this as well. :)

Context Menu - Add View and Print File Directory - Vista Forums

Thnx Brink - that stuff looks too complex for me.

oystercatcher's solution is simple for a neophyte such as myself and does one level short of what I am wanting (the text file creation is perfect). Maybe an additional switch in the dir command or an alternate (tree?) dos command?

-thnx

You're welcome. What works for you is what is important. :)

thnx again - any other ideas?