DOS command question.

[Mears]

I'm trying to print a directory listing into a file so I can print out the filenames a directory contains. Any ideas on how to do that?

 

[pac1085]

try 'dir > file.txt'

i dunno if this works in dos, but if it doesnt then no harm done

 

[Ameesh]

dir > foo.txt for all files and folders

dir /ad > foo.txt for all directories only.

 

[KingNothing]

dir c:\windows > c:\file.txt

type dir /? to see options, there's switches for no extended information, recurse subdirectories, etc.

 

[ScottMac]

C:\>tree /?

Graphically displays the folder structure of a drive or path.

TREE [drive:][path] [/F] [/A]

/F Display the names of the files in each folder.
/A Use ASCII instead of extended characters.

tree /f |more for a paged listing
tree /f >lpt1: for hard copy

The root of the tree will be the current directory or the specified path.


FWIW

Scott

 

[Mears]

Man do I feel like an idiot. I knew the > and < operators worked in *nix, but for some reason I didn't think they worked in DOS. Thanks for all the replies.