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Go to Start,
the Run, type
cmd. I
prefer batch
commands by
saving the code
in a txt file
and renaming to
.bat but that's
another section
of this site.
Example of
Dir Command
Here are a
few variations
to the Dir list
command.
List system
files
dir /b /a:s /s
> c:\list.txt
List hidden
files
dir /b /a:h /s
>c:\listh.txt
here's how it
works.
Dir "=
directory",
/b"=use bare
format",
/a"=display
files wit the
following
attributes":="add
the following
attribute's"=system
file list",
/s"=Save",
>
c:\list.txt
= "save to the
root of C:\, and
call it
list.txt".
Dir =
displays a list
of files or
subdirectories
in a directory
Dir
[drive:][path][filename]
[/a[[:]attributes]]
[/b] [/c] [/d]
[/L] [/n]
[/o[[:]sortorder]]
[/p] [/q] [/s]
[/t[[:]timefield]]
[/w] [/x] [/4]
[drive:][path][filename]
= specifies
drive,
directory,
and/or files to
list.
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/a |
displays
files
with
specified
attributes |
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attributes: |
d =
directories |
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h =
hidden
files |
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s =
system
files |
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r =
read
only
files |
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a =
files
ready
for
achieving |
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- =
prefix
meaning
not |
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/b |
uses
bare
format
(no
heading
info or
summary) |
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/c |
display
the
thousand
separator
in file
sizes.
this is
the
default.
use /-c
to
disable
display
of
separator. |
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/d |
same
as wide
but
files
are list
sorted
by
column. |
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/L |
uses
lowercase |
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/n |
new
long
list
format
where
filenames
are on
the far
right. |
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/o |
list
by files
in
sorted
order |
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sortorder |
N =
by name
(a-z) |
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E =
by
extension
[a-z] |
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G =
group
directories
first |
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S =
by size
(0-9) |
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D =
by
date/time |
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/p |
pauses
after
each
screnful
of
information. |
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/q |
display
the
owner of
the file |
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/s |
display
files in
specified
directory
and all
subdirectories.
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/t |
controls
which
time
field
displayed
or used
for
sorting. |
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timefield |
c =
Creation
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a =
last
access |
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w =
last
written |
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/w |
uses
wide
list
format |
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/x |
this
displays
the
short
names
generated
for
non-8dot3
file
names.
the
format
is that
of /n
with the
short
name
inserted
before
the long
name.
if no
short
name is
present,
blanks
are
displayed
in its
place. |
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/4 |
display
four
digit
years |
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switches
may be
preset
in the
DirCmd
environment
variable.
override
preset
switches
by
prefixing
any
switch
with -
(hyphen)
--
example,
/-w
Note:
dir /?
will
pull up
the help
files on
the
command
dir. |
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