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Subject:Re: Need advanced DIR list From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 29 Oct 2015 11:56:46 -0400
Keith, been there, done that.
This is going to require more advanced CMD line methodology than what's
available there.
I'm also very open to open source utilities that will do exactly what I
need.
> Chris (who did a tech edit on the MS-DOS 6.0 user manual back in the day)
On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Keith Hood <bus -dot- write -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Go to the command line and type DIR /? You'll get the help page for the
> command with all the switches and options.
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> On aWin7 box, I need to create a list of docs within a very extensive
>> folder\subfolder hierarchy.
>>
>> I need the subfolder location, filename and timestamp, but nothing else.
>>
>> At a CMD prompt, I know how to redirect a DIR /S to a TXT file.
>>
>> Can I maybe pipe the command through a FILTER on its way to the TXT file?
>>
>> Thanks
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