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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