DOS - how to create list of directories without a particular file extn

[undecided]

hi,

I'm hoping someone can help me perfect a script/batch file etc that will list my folders that do NOT have a particular file extension in it, currently I've been using something similar to the below which would create a list of all directories on the X drive containing jpg files but what I really want is a list of all the folders where I forgot to add the jpg for instance, having to go through the list and comparing to the full folder list to look for differences is too time consuming and often leads to some being missed:

X:\>dir x:\*.jpg /w/o/s > \jpglist.txt


For example, using the above .jpg extension as an example imagine I had:

X:\2009pictures\holiday.jpg
X:\2010stuff\work.jpg
X:\2011work\reminder.txt
X:\2012pictures\holidaysnap.jpg
X:\2013\todo.doc

I'd like an output text file that says:

X:\2011work
X:\2013

Since these are the folders that do not contain any jpg files.


Really hope someone could help with this, would save me loads of time. I saw an old thread where someone was asking about a similarish type of subject ages ago and got some helpful replies so really hopeful a kind person on here can come to my rescue!

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/51111-dos-list-files-folders-without-path.html

 

[Kaktussoft]

dir  /b   /s   x:\|find   /v   /i    ".jpg"

Replace x: with actual drive letter

 

[undecided]

dir  /b   /s   x:\|find   /v   /i    ".jpg"

Replace x: with actual drive letter

hi, thanks for that although that seems to list all files and folders that aren't a jpg so I get hundreds of results for all the other files the drive contains (eg .txt .doc), it also lists all the folders on the drive even if they do contain .jpg files so using my above example it shows the X:\2009pictures folder for instance even though it has a jpg inside.

 

[Ztruker]

This will show you only the directories a specific file type is found in, for example *.zip

dir \*.zip /n /s | find "Directory of"

 

[undecided]

This will show you only the directories a specific file type is found in, for example *.zip

dir \*.zip /n /s | find "Directory of"

thanks, I'll make a note of that, could come in useful although what I'm really after is the exact opposite of that - ie list directories a file type is not in.

Is there a way of listing all directories and listing all directories that have a file in it and then doing a compare and showing the differences, this would give me the list I need.

I was hoping for a DOS command but if it could only be done with vbscript or similar I could live with that, I'd rather keep to stuff that works with standard windows components rather than having to install extra stuff on any PC I used it from but I'd take anything that worked at the moment.

 

[Layback Bear]

I'm no expert but did find this. Could this be what you are looking for. Use at your own risk.

 

[undecided]

I'm no expert but did find this. Could this be what you are looking for. Use at your own risk.

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sorry for the delay replying everything got a bit hectic for a few days. that FC command looked promising but I can't seem to get it to show the differences. It just displays the contents of each text file one after the other. For example I created a set of folders as a test and only folder2 and folder3 had jpg files inside, I then did the following:

dir c:\test\*.jpg /n /s | find "Directory of" > c:\in1.txt
(lists folders containing jpg files and outputs to in1.txt)

dir c:\test\*.* /n /s | find "Directory of" > c:\in2.txt
(lists all folders and outputs to in2.txt)

The FC attempt just got the below output, was hoping only differences would be shown, maybe I'm entering it incorrectly?:

FC c:\in1.txt c:\in2.txt
Comparing files C:\in1.txt and C:\IN2.TXT
***** C:\in1.txt
Directory of c:\test\folder2
Directory of c:\test\folder3
***** C:\IN2.TXT
Directory of c:\test
Directory of c:\test\folder1
Directory of c:\test\folder2
Directory of c:\test\folder3
*****


Anyone got any idea what's wrong or have other suggestions?

 

[Ztruker]

It's the way FC works. Now diff.exe from the Unix Tools for Win32 does exactly what you want.

I did the following:

dir d:\*.jpg /s /n | find "Directory of" > in1.txt
dir d:\*.* /s /n | find "Directory of" > in2.txt

diff in1.txt in2.txt -y > out.txt & notepad out.txt

That generated a side-by-side output that looks like this:



Without any parameter it outputs just the differences, but it puts a offset before each group that I haven't found a way to get rid of yet, looks like this:

> Directory of d:\bootwiz
> Directory of d:\Canon
1a50,61
> Directory of d:\Canon\CameraWindow
> Directory of d:\Canon\CameraWindow\CameraWindowDC
> Directory of d:\Canon\CameraWindow\CameraWindowDC\en
> Directory of d:\Canon\CameraWindow\CameraWindowDVC
> Directory of d:\Canon\CameraWindow\CameraWindowDVC6
> Directory of d:\Canon\CameraWindow\CameraWindowLauncher
> Directory of d:\Canon\CameraWindow\MyCamera
> Directory of d:\Canon\CameraWindow\MyCameraDC
> Directory of d:\Canon\CameraWindow\MyCameraFiles
> Directory of d:\Canon\CameraWindow\MyCameraFiles\DefaultSettings121
> Directory of d:\Canon\CameraWindow\MyCameraFiles\DefaultSettings121\OP_WAV
> Directory of d:\Canon\CameraWindow\MyCameraFiles\DefaultSettings121\RL_WAV
2a63,66
> Directory of d:\Canon\CameraWindow\MyCameraFiles\DefaultSettings121\SS_WAV
> Directory of d:\Canon\CameraWindow\MyCameraFiles\DefaultSettings121\TM_WAV
> Directory of d:\Canon\CameraWindow\MyCameraFiles\OP_WAV