scripting software to search for random files

[quartz0]

I want to be able to search for say 50 random images from some directories in xp pro, there any scripting software that would do this ? thanks.

 

[Ken g6]

If you had Cygwin, or potentially certain programs from MinGW, installed, I'd say:

sh -c "/bin/find [path] -name '*.jpg' -print | /bin/sort -R | head -50"

 

[Snapshot1]

Late to the party as usual but maybe something like this (Windows 7):

C:\>for %i in (Monet, Notebook, Blue_Gradient) do dir /s %i.jpg /p

where Monet, Notebook, Blue_Gradient, etc. are the specific file names you are looking for.

 

[Snapshot1]

A much more efficient solution (please excuse the previous which scans the entire directory structure for each file name):

C:\>dir /s /b /p *.jpg | findstr /i "Monet Notebook Blue_Gradient"