making a list

valerian · 1 Sep 2008 at 18:39

ok, how can i make a list of whats in a file e.g. a bunch of games, and drop it into word as a list, without typing it all out

??

edscdk · 2 Sep 2008 at 14:05

dir *. /b >a.txt

will give a list of folders into a text file called a.txt

Any good?

bledd · 2 Sep 2008 at 15:50

do you mean folder?

if it's in a file, just copy & paste

valerian · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:18

no, its a list of files, i want the text from the files

bledd · 3 Sep 2008 at 10:23

why are you posting so awkwardly? give us more information..

is it..

a list of files in a folder, and you want the filenames all printed in one text file.

or..

a list of files in a folder and you want the contents of them in one file

valerian · 8 Sep 2008 at 09:03

a list of files in a folder, and you want the filenames all printed in one text file.

this one if poss

bledd · 8 Sep 2008 at 09:05

dir /b >a.txt

valerian · 8 Sep 2008 at 10:08

would you care to explain that please

bledd · 8 Sep 2008 at 10:29

chuck it in notepad, call it "filesoutput.bat" save it in the dir you want it to do it for, then double click the bat file

Hutch · 8 Sep 2008 at 10:30

valerian said:
would you care to explain that please

Is this a windup?

bledd · 8 Sep 2008 at 10:51

Hutch said:
Is this a windup?

you were a newbie at it once

valerian · 8 Sep 2008 at 11:07

this is the issue
i have a list of nds files, and i want to save the list as a word or notepad file, does it make more sense now, sorry for confusion, also with regard to 'wind up' despite how easy it may seem to some individuals, if you have not done it before how would you know?

peterattheboro · 8 Sep 2008 at 11:15

valerian said:
this is the issue
i have a list of nds files, and i want to save the list as a word or notepad file, does it make more sense now, sorry for confusion, also with regard to 'wind up' despite how easy it may seem to some individuals, if you have not done it before how would you know?

Don't worry it is a little confusing

Ohh and your naughty. NDS files.... tut tut!

adbp1 · 8 Sep 2008 at 12:36

along the same lines, im also looking to do a list of what i have in a folder i.e just one big list of all my music so i catalogue it all.

GarethDW · 8 Sep 2008 at 12:45

bledd. said:
dir /b >a.txt

valerian said:
this is the issue
i have a list of nds files, and i want to save the list as a word or notepad file, does it make more sense now, sorry for confusion, also with regard to 'wind up' despite how easy it may seem to some individuals, if you have not done it before how would you know?

See bledd's post earlier, but you can restrict it to only show the files with the extension .NDS by amending the dir command slightly, e.g.

dir *.NDS /b > c:\output.txt

Then look for a text file called output in your main (root) C:\ folder and open it with Notepad or Wordpad.

GarethDW · 8 Sep 2008 at 12:55

adbp1 said:
along the same lines, im also looking to do a list of what i have in a folder i.e just one big list of all my music so i catalogue it all.

Are the files in any way structured, i.e. do you have sub-folders for albums, or is it just many files in one directory?

If there are sub-folders you could always use the tree command...

Open a command prompt (start -> run -> cmd) and type the following:

tree "c:\my documents\my music\" /f /a > c:\treeoutput.txt

nb - you will need to replace the "c:\my documents\my music" with the correct location for the directory where your MP3s are stored. Then open the treeoutput.txt file with Wordpad or notepad and start devising a scheme to catalogue your files

If it's just a whole bunch of files in one directory then just use the same dircommand that valerian will use, but change the file extension to .mp3 instead of .nds. You might want to open the file in Excel to try and sort it more easily if the layout is very messy.

adbp1 · 8 Sep 2008 at 14:02

GarethDW said:
Are the files in any way structured, i.e. do you have sub-folders for albums, or is it just many files in one directory?

If there are sub-folders you could always use the tree command...

Open a command prompt (start -> run -> cmd) and type the following:

tree "c:\my documents\my music\" /f /a > c:\treeoutput.txt

nb - you will need to replace the "c:\my documents\my music" with the correct location for the directory where your MP3s are stored. Then open the treeoutput.txt file with Wordpad or notepad and start devising a scheme to catalogue your files

If it's just a whole bunch of files in one directory then just use the same dircommand that valerian will use, but change the file extension to .mp3 instead of .nds. You might want to open the file in Excel to try and sort it more easily if the layout is very messy.

hmm, yes there are sub folders, but i just done as you said and it comes out saying invalid no sub folders exsist!

GarethDW · 8 Sep 2008 at 14:53

bizarre... what happens if you navigate to the directory first, and then run the command without specifying the directory name, e.g.

Code:

c:\> cd c:\my documents\my music
tree /f /a > c:\output.txt

Does it still give the same error message?

adbp1 · 8 Sep 2008 at 15:38

is not reconised as blah blah
ok so im thinking im doing this totally wrong !!!
the folder is wish to make the list of is on my backup hdd which is g:
on g: is folder named music, within music it is organised into artist then sub foldered with album.
this is driving me crazy keep getting error messages
i cant be bothered to list them individual as there is over 1000 albums