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Windows7 command prompt show number of objects as list from dir command
I'm using Windows7, and I want to know the number of files (or objects) for comparison to objects in Amazon S3 buckets. I'm not interested in size, as the size can differ between file types.
I want ...
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DIR command reporting incorrect files
Behold below command and actual feedback.
C:\Temp\AEAPI> dir apb*.*
Volume in drive C is XXXXXXXX
Volume Serial Number is XXXX-XXXX
Directory of C:\Temp\AEAPI
01/08/2009 07:24 9....
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How to get files ordered by name with `dir`?
This used to be really easy in the old OS's.
dir /o:n >> list.txt
for %a in (`list.txt`) do copy %a ..\ordered
And voila, there was the list of files in the other folder, created in the sorted ...
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Non-hidden directory doesn't show in Explorer, but the program that made it can access it
I'm using IMAPSize to backup my mailboxes. The process just dumps the contents of your mailbox into .eml files on your disk. Anyway, the first mailbox I backed up shows up as I expect. However, the ...
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Windows DIR command searches folders it shouldn't
I'm trying to create a batch file that searches certain folders on our server for JPGs and creates a txt file with them. It works fine BUT for some reason it always adds a folder to the end of the ...
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Different date stamps Explorer vs. from command line - Win7
I'm trying to create a simple batch file to match up 2 directories of files to resolve some issues between the 2 sets. This would be very easy to do if I could match them between directories based ...
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How to make AppData directory appear in File Explorer?
This post outlines how to make the AppData directory show up at the DOS prompt, but how do I make it show up in File Explorer (on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit)? Is there a global setting? Also, what ...
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Directory Listing includes Date Modified, File Size into text file/excel file
I want to list an entire drive's (Z:) directories, subdirectories, and files in a single text file with all the dates and the file sizes. I can then open the file inside Excel.
I am currently using ...
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How to view all the Symbolic links, junction points, hard links in a Folder using dir?
The command dir /a displays a list of all the files and folders in a given location.
But it displays the type <JUNCTION> for Junction Points as well as Symbolic Links to Folders. Is there any ...
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How can I list all files recursively that have the compressed attribute set?
I started a decompress operation using compact /U /S /I /Q > compact-report.txt on a large dir (120GB+, ~950M+ files) and it has been going on for about 24 hours now. Most files seem decompressed, ...
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CMD Using DIR to order directories by name
I'm using the following command to list files including those in sub-directories ordered by name.
dir /b/s/on
The files are correctly ordered within their given directories but the directories are ...
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List files in CMD with DIR
I'm trying to use DIR to list all files in the current directory and sub directories ordered alphabetically. I only care about the filepath and name. I don't want the size, counts, etc. Here's what I ...
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Why does "dir *.*~" list files in a way different to what is expected?
In my directory I have the files files
x.dll
x.lib
x.pdb
x.exp
x.plugin
When I issue the command dir \*.*~ it should say 'File not found' as it does at my friend's laptop. But on my machine it ...
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Excluding files of particular extension using DIR command on windows command line
if i want to see e.g. files of a particular extension only using dir listing, i can do that using the command:
DIR *.txt
And it shows all files with .txt extension.
Now i want to know is there any ...
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List only files of a particular extension with the DIR command
On Windows, we can see directory content using the DIR command.
I want to know, how can one see the list of only those files which have particular extension, e.g I want to see list of all .txt ...
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