Directory List

[huffman]

There was a command prompt in winXP that would create a txt file with a list of directories, sub-directories and files for any given path. The prompt looked like this:
DIR "I:\" /s > "C:\List.txt"

There was something similar in Vista but I never did get the format needed that would work. I know it looked somthing lke this:
DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/B] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N] [/O[[:]sortorder]] [/P] [/Q] [/R] [/S] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/W] [/X] [/4]

There must be something like this in win 7, just wondering if anyone may know what it is.

I know that Karen has a free program that does close to what I want but the command prompt did exactly what I want.

Thanks

 

[zigzag3143]

There was a command prompt in winXP that would create a txt file with a list of directories, sub-directories and files for any given path. The prompt looked like this:
DIR "I:\" /s > "C:\List.txt"

There was something similar in Vista but I never did get the format needed that would work. I know it looked somthing lke this:
DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/B] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N] [/O[[:]sortorder]] [/P] [/Q] [/R] [/S] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/W] [/X] [/4]

There must be something like this in win 7, just wondering if anyone may know what it is.

I know that Karen has a free program that does close to what I want but the command prompt did exactly what I want.

Thanks

Maybe its not a funtion of the dir command but of the path variable. The above dir works and ouputs to a text file. what is it not doing that you want it to do?

Ken

 

[Barman58]

Full syntax for the dir command is available with the dir /? entry

C:\Windows\system32>dir /?
Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.

DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/B] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N]
  [/O[[:]sortorder]] [/P] [/Q] [/R] [/S] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/W] [/X] [/4]

  [drive:][path][filename]
              Specifies drive, directory, and/or files to list.

  /A          Displays files with specified attributes.
  attributes   D  Directories                R  Read-only files
               H  Hidden files               A  Files ready for archiving
               S  System files               I  Not content indexed files
               L  Reparse Points             -  Prefix meaning not
  /B          Uses bare format (no heading information or summary).
  /C          Display the thousand separator in file sizes.  This is the
              default.  Use /-C to disable display of separator.
  /D          Same as wide but files are list sorted by column.
  /L          Uses lowercase.
  /N          New long list format where filenames are on the far right.
  /O          List by files in sorted order.
  sortorder    N  By name (alphabetic)       S  By size (smallest first)
               E  By extension (alphabetic)  D  By date/time (oldest first)
               G  Group directories first    -  Prefix to reverse order
  /P          Pauses after each screenful of information.
  /Q          Display the owner of the file.
  /R          Display alternate data streams of the file.
  /S          Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories.
  /T          Controls which time field displayed or used for sorting
  timefield   C  Creation
              A  Last Access
              W  Last Written
  /W          Uses wide list format.
  /X          This displays the short names generated for non-8dot3 file
              names.  The format is that of /N with the short name inserted
              before the long name. If no short name is present, blanks are
              displayed in its place.
  /4          Displays four-digit years

Switches may be preset in the DIRCMD environment variable.  Override
preset switches by prefixing any switch with - (hyphen)--for example, /-W.

as you say adding the pipe >file.txt will send the output to a file

 

[Kari]

You have to use Command Promp as an administrator to do this in Windows 7.

• Run Command Prompt as an Administrator
• type dir /s > C:\Test.txt, this creates a text file Test.txt onto the root of drive C:

Kari

 

[logicearth]

The commands are still the same as they were in XP.

 

[darkassain]

still works...
and if you want to store in the root your of the C drive you need to run as admin....
what error are you getting?

 

[Kari]

The commands are still the same as they were in XP.

Yes, that's true, though in Windows 7 you have to use administrative rights to use some of the features, like the pipe.

 

[huffman]

OK ran prompt command as administrator and the put in the following prompt:


DIR E:\data\" /s > "C:\List.txt"

This should have created a text file on Cdrive with the files in E:\data listed.

No List.txt was created on C drive unless it was hidden somewhere.

LOL driving me nuts

 

[Kari]

OK ran prompt command as administrator and the put in the following prompt:


DIR E:\data\" /s > "C:\List.txt"

This should have created a text file on Cdrive with the files in E:\data listed.

No List.txt was created on C drive unless it was hidden somewhere.

LOL driving me nuts

Hope you didn't type your command exactly like this; there should be no quotation marks around the output file name. Also the quotation mark after E:\data\ should not be there.

No quotation marks! It works, 100% guaranteed.

Kari

 

[chuckr]

Hope you didn't type your command exactly like this; there should be no quotation marks around the output file name. Also the quotation mark after E:\data\ should not be there.

No quotation marks! It works, 100% guaranteed.

Kari

Righto!

The real problem is the odd nbr of quote-marks.

Should be even, to complete the command-line 'parsing', if he's really into 'quote-marks'...

Chances are, that this isn't nec. either:

DIR E:\data\ /s > C:\List.txt

The /h option is good too, if he wants to see hidden files...

 

[Dwarf]

You only need quote-marks around the filename(s) (including the path(s)) if either or both contain spaces. It makes no difference whether you include them or not, but you MUST include them if there is a space anywhere in the relevant filename or path.

Examples (note that Src is the source drive and Dst is the destination drive).

DIR "Src:\data" /s > "Dst:\List.txt"

This format will ALWAYS work.

"Src:\data" /s > "Dst:\List.txt

This will NOT work (missing " - these need to be in pairs).

"Src:\data /s > Dst:\List.txt"

This will NOT work (" to be placed around filename(s) (including the path(s)) only).

"Src:\data" /s > Dst:\Data List.txt

This will NOT work (destination filename contains a space).

"Src:\data" /s > Dst:\Data List\List.txt

This will NOT work (destination path contains a space).

 

[chuckr]

You only need quote-marks around the filename(s) (including the path(s)) if either or both contain spaces. It makes no difference whether you include them or not, but you MUST include them if there is a space anywhere in the relevant filename or path.

Thank you for the definitive examples.
Member 'huffman' should be well versed on this now...

As a side note:
I believe the "pipe" symbol is |
i.e. type list.txt | more
(in olden days)

whereas the > symbol indicates 'redirection'
i.e. not to console, but to a file.
(in olden days)

But, they may have changed the terminology for Vista/w7...

 

[Antman]

The /h option is good too, if he wants to see hidden files...

/a:h to be exact

 

[Antman]

I believe the "pipe" symbol is |
i.e. type list.txt | more
(in olden days)

whereas the > symbol indicates 'redirection'
i.e. not to console, but to a file.
(in olden days)

Right-o

 

[Kari]

As a side note:
I believe the "pipe" symbol is |
i.e. type list.txt | more
(in olden days)

whereas the > symbol indicates 'redirection'
i.e. not to console, but to a file.
(in olden days)

But, they may have changed the terminology for Vista/w7...

Me too, I was using the wrong term. Sorry. In my earlier post I ment redirection when talking about pipe.

I stand corrected.

Kari

 

[chuckr]

As another side note,

I prefer the list to show 'folders' first, then the 'filenames'.

Both sorted alphabetically, therefore I use options

/O:GN

To save typing it all the time, I use the "Set Environment Variable" command:

set dircmd=DIR /O:GN /P (where the /P option is 'page at a time', onscreen)

Then, when I type 'dir',
the output to the crt is folders first, followed by filenames, both sorted alpha, and a screenful at a time...
Looking like this:

(I don't really use the /system or /hidden options, since I always enable the
"Don't Hide nuthin", "Show System-files", "Show FileExtensions", etc. via Windows, so I can always see what's really there.)

Hope this helps...

 

[huffman]

Thank you guys very much finally have two prompts that work:

DIR "E:\data\" /s > "C:\List.txt"

and

DIR E:\data\ /s > C:\List.txt

 

[Dwarf]

I'm pleased that you have solved your problem.

As for the prompts, I recommend the former one, with the quotes ("), as you can't go wrong with that.

 

[logicearth]

[samp]tree X:\ /f/a > tree.txt[/samp]
Produces a much better looking display.

 

[mikemcm1956]

Here's a little program to either list or print, works great:

Directory List & Print 1.9.9.16 (Windows), from Infonautics - Free Downloads on ZDNet | Shareware, Trialware, Evaluation Software

Mike