DOS question

[SithSolo1]

How do I find all files with a certain file extension in DOS?

 

[CTho9305]

dir *.exe, or dir *.doc, or whatever extension you want.

dir /s is recursive, so dir /s *.exe will find all EXEs.. but it will take a while and you can't cancel it with CTRL+C.

 

[Nothinman]

you can't cancel it with CTRL+C.

You can, you just have to hit it a lot to get the timing right.

 

[MGMorden]

Actually, IIRC, Ctrl + Pause/Break will do the trick in DOS.

 

[SithSolo1]

Thanks guys, got it. 😀 Merry Christmas!

 

[Nothinman]

Actually, IIRC, Ctrl + Pause/Break will do the trick in DOS.

Ctrl+C is a synonym for Ctrl+break.

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

Actually, IIRC, Ctrl + Pause/Break will do the trick in DOS.

Ctrl+C is a synonym for Ctrl+break.

Usually. Try them both with the "ping" program:

C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>ping -n 10 google.com

Pinging google.com [216.239.37.99] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Reply from 216.239.37.99: bytes=32 time=186ms TTL=53
Reply from 216.239.37.99: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 216.239.37.99:
Packets: Sent = 3, Received = 2, Lost = 1 (33% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 26ms, Maximum = 186ms, Average = 106ms
Control-Break
Reply from 216.239.37.99: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 216.239.37.99:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 26ms, Maximum = 186ms, Average = 80ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>

Anyway, both seem to kill dir /s instantly under XP.
edit: I bolded the output of ping showing what I hit.

 

[jjyiz28]

Originally posted by: MGMorden
Actually, IIRC, Ctrl + Pause/Break will do the trick in DOS.

u damn noobs are yare on crack!!

dir *.exe |more

that thing before "more" is called a "pipe", its the shift key for backslash

 

[Nothinman]

u damn noobs are yare on crack!!

We're the ones on crack? Your solution will only find the executables in the current directory.

 

[SpeedFreak03]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

u damn noobs are yare on crack!!

We're the ones on crack? Your solution will only find the executables in the current directory.

lmao thats some crazy sh!t

 

[horhey]

dir *.txt /s |more will find all .txt files

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

u damn noobs are yare on crack!!

We're the ones on crack? Your solution will only find the executables in the current directory.

I don't see why he proposes using more rather than the "dir" command's built-in page-at-a-time mode.

 

[OZEE]

Originally posted by: CTho9305

Originally posted by: Nothinman

u damn noobs are yare on crack!!

We're the ones on crack? Your solution will only find the executables in the current directory.

I don't see why he proposes using more rather than the "dir" command's built-in page-at-a-time mode.

That would be the /p flag. So dir *.exe /s/p will find all .exe files on the drive, listing them a page at a time.

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: OZEE

Originally posted by: CTho9305

Originally posted by: Nothinman

u damn noobs are yare on crack!!

We're the ones on crack? Your solution will only find the executables in the current directory.

I don't see why he proposes using more rather than the "dir" command's built-in page-at-a-time mode.

That would be the /p flag. So dir *.exe /s/p will find all .exe files on the drive, listing them a page at a time.

I thought I already mentioned /p. Oops 🙂.