Questions tagged [dir]
for questions related to the `dir` command, which lists directory contents in MS-DOS and Windows-based operating systems
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Copy file names with a certain number of characters in command line (CMD)
I need to copy all text files on one folder whose names are five characters long. I know this command is for listing:
$ dir folder /B | findstr /R "^.....\.txt"
but I want to copy all files whose ...
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dir /s not returning ALL subdirectories
I need a list of all files and folders in a giant directory. This ends up being approximately 1000 folders and 20000 files.
Being a command line noob, I started out just by doing "dir>file.txt" while ...
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Powershell: Dir /s - Remove Repeated Folders
Situation:
In Powershell, I'm using:
$folders = dir -s C:\Users\Name\Downloads\*.ttf | Select Directory
foreach ($folder in $folders)
{
echo $folder
}
To display folders whose contents contain ...
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How to change CMD start directory [duplicate]
I want to change the CMD startup directory when I launch it via Start+R
Currently, it points to my users folder. I need it to point to C:\Windows\System32\
When I navigate using explorer to C:\Windows\...
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How to stop DIR command counting "Thumbs.db"
We have a process that executes a DIR on multiple folders to check that the correct documents have been generated by another process.
In each of the target directories we use this command:
dir /A:-D ...
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Dir command not working on one UNC Share
We have a process that runs in SQL Server which executes a DIR command on the local network using a UNC path to check that the files generated by another system are all there, as part of an audit ...
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List files in cmd.exe numerically by default to generate a gif out of a sequence of frames
Greetings and Salutations All,
I'm trying to create an animation using imagemagick via:
convert -delay 80 -loop 0 *.png ani.gif
The logic is finding all the .png files, except the file names are ...
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Is there a Window's Command Line Option to Show the Sizes of Directories
When I do a dir command it, gives this information:
02/11/2015 01:39 PM <DIR> bar
11/11/2014 07:22 AM <DIR> buz
02/12/2015 01:35 PM 140,660,736 foo.sdf
01/...
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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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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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On Windows 7, how can I identify any folders that contain files that have not been updated in x years? [duplicate]
On Windows 7, how can I identify any folders that contain files that have not been updated in x years? I would like to clean up unused files/folders on network drives. Initially, I just need a list of ...
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DOS command-line query returns too many results
Can anyone tell me why dir *.asp returns all .asp files but also all .aspx files? It seems dir ignores extensions longer than three. This is really bugging.
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How to find hard linked folders via programming
Is it possible to identify if a folder is actually a hard link created by mklink?
I want to get folders and subsequent sub-folders. But hard linked folders drops me into a loop.
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Command line to search for all word files using wildcards in filename
How can I find all files that have a name like ALPS*.doc in a folder like P:\Systems\A.L.P.S\?
I tried this using the command line but it returns zero:
Systems\A.L.P.S>dir /s /b c:\ |find /c "\...
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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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Dir command listing to show folder and file count, and directory size (no list)
I'm trying to get a basic count of a directory, but I do not want the result to list the names of the files contained in there. Basically, what I want would be the same as a Windows properties listing,...
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`DIR /B /O:N > filename.txt` but only showing folders without a certain file
I'm trying to make a list in XP of folders which do not contain a .jpg file.
I use DIR /B /O:N > filename.txt for making a folder list. It works perfectly, but now I need a list where the folders ...
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Why does `rm -rf`` silently fail?
[EDIT]
Please don't waste your time reading my question below. It turns out my colleague is an idiot.. :)
On my server I'm trying to remove a folder and all its subfolders with the usual rm -rf ...
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Find folders called SS, return size of folder
I am able to find all folders called "SS" (superseded) in a hierarchy and list out the location of each one.
I have been using this code to pipe out the list.
DIR /AD /B "SS" /S > SS_Folder_List.txt
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dir folders at a certain folder depth in a batch file
I want, with a batch file, to be able to search and display the files in a bunch of folders called "error" located in a bunch of different places.
The error folder is always at the same folder depth ...
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Obtaining a list of files from a specific directory
Many thanks for the help but...
Using Windows 7 x64 running command from a batch file in a particular folder
I use many paq8/paq9 command line compressors to back up my files. Of these, many can't ...
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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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I want the "apache" user to own a dir but other users are adding via WinSCP [duplicate]
This is a fairly simple problem to explain but it is really annoying me and I could do with some advice. How to I ensure that apache is user : group owner of a dir no matter who uploads to it..
the ...
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How can I use powershell to list all files I uploaded to server?
At work there's a network and everyone has a username and password that they use to log in. How can I search for my files on this network?
I could list all the files like this:
cd \\192.168.*.***\...
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How can I create several folders?
How can I create several subfolders in folder in one command.
For example, I want to create:
/home/user/*create dir1*/*create dir2*/*create dir3*/
Provided, I don't have dir1. And I can't use 3 ...
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Windows Vista piping dir output into attrib command
I had a virus or something on my computer that set the attributes for all the folders in the root of my external drive to system and hidden, and created shortcuts to them. I am now trying to remove ...
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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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DIR filenames that contain extensions
I was just trying to check a dump-directory for any ZIP programs like PeaZip, NanoZip, etc. and ran into an odd problem that I have seen only a few times before.
I used the following command to list ...
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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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