Print a list of files in a folder

oldgoat · Joined: Dec 21, 2004 Posts: 118

Is there any way to print a list of files contained in a folder like you can with a MAC Question

zlim · Joined: Mar 11, 2005 Posts: 2629

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Since the days of DOS prompts and command lines, the ability to save directory information to a text file has always been there. Once saved to a text file, it can be easily read with "Wordpad" or your favorite word processor and/or printed out on your printer for a permanent record.
There's NO need to install extra software to perform that simple task.

Open a command prompt. Change directory with the cd command to get into the directory you want to read. Then type this command.

dir /a >c:\dirlist.txt

The "dir" command will read the current directory.
the "/a" tells "dir" to read all files in the folder, even hidden or system files.

Then the ">" (greater-than sign) tells "dir" to redirect its output to the filename following.

"dirlist.txt" is the name of the file that will receive the directory listing.

I use this simple technique often to get a listing of files in some folder or another.

[If using the CD command to change to a specific directory is not to your liking, you can just insert the path to the subject folder in the command line, like this:

dir /a "C:\Program Files\xorb\" > C:\dirlist.txt
This will list all the files in the \xorb\ folder.]

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oldgoat · Joined: Dec 21, 2004 Posts: 118

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