List of files in a folder

Andy100 · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:44

Just a quickie.

I have quite a large dvd collection that I am in the process of copying to a new NAS unit I bought. Is there any quick way to create a notepad file containing the names of all the files in the folder?

Cheers

Andre · 11 Jul 2006 at 08:19

Start->run->cmd

Change to the directory with the files in and type

Code:

dir /b > tempfile.txt

tempfile.txt will contain all the files in that directory

Add a /s if you want all sub-directories also

hyper_piper45 · 11 Jul 2006 at 13:20

That is incredible useful! Thanks for that!

Andy100 · 11 Jul 2006 at 23:40

Perfect buddy, cheers

mctiny · 12 Jul 2006 at 00:19

hyper_piper45 said:
That is incredible useful! Thanks for that!

Goggle listmaker

you can create html file lkists as well with it

chris06 · 12 Jul 2006 at 00:31

Stupid question time

how do you change the directory away from the default?

Andre · 12 Jul 2006 at 06:55

chris06 said:
Stupid question time

how do you change the directory away from the default?

CD {new directory name}

If you type a partial directory in then press tab, it will auto-complete it for you. If you type it all in, and there are spaces anywhere in the directory name - then put double quotes around it (e.g. cd "\documents and settings")

To change to the root directory, you do CD \

You can change more than one level at a time (e.g. CD \windows\system32 would change you to the system directory in windows)

If you need to switch to another drive, type the drive letter followed by a colon (e.g. D:)

Everything is case-insensitive in a command prompt

Or an easier way, find the microsoft powertoy that gives you a right-click "Open command prompt here"

chris06 · 12 Jul 2006 at 13:59

Thanks for that mate it will come in usefull

crashuk · 12 Jul 2006 at 14:17

http://www.ss64.com/nt/dir.html