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Why does `dir *.*` give me all files and folders?
When I run dir *.* it produces unexpected results. Even files and folders without any dot in their names are listed. For example
C:\>dir *.*
Volume in drive C is System
Volume Serial Number is ...
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Show only folder name with the link information via Windows DIR
How can I get only folder and its symbolic link information output via dir?
What I want is this, where CNET and projects are symbolic links:
CNET [\\192.168.1.10\CNET]
elements
localized
projects [\\...
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windows command line dir command: to display only the file name, in 8.3 format?
I know that "dir /w" or "dir /b" shows only the file name.
While "dir /x" or "dir /X" shows the 8.3 format, but together shows all other information like long format file names, dates and size.
is it ...
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On Windows 7, dir or tree can't show unicode characters, even starting cmd with cmd /U
On Windows 7, dir or tree can't show unicode characters, even starting cmd with cmd /U
So I would press Window Key + R to run something, and type in cmd /U so that the content might handle Unicode.
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Default file order of "dir" command in Windows console
Just wondering how Windows determines file ordering when running a dir command (without any arguments) in a command prompt.
I know you can explicitly specify an order, but just curious how ordering ...
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Displaying file names with a certain number of characters in command line
I need to list all text files on the C drive whose names are seven characters long. I tried the following command
DIR ???????.txt
However, this command displayed files with seven characters and less....
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