#Batch list directory contents how to#
Title Export Folder Listing, Version 2.0, 8Įcho Right-click on any folder in MS Windows Explorer and selectĮcho "Export Folder Listing" from Shortcut Menu to export it's contentsĮcho to: "/Export-Folder-Listing.txt".Įcho Exporting: "/Export-Directory-Listing.txt"ĭir /a /b /-p /o:gen >"%temp%\Export-Directory-Listing.txt"Įcho This batch program is located in C:\Windows folderĬopy "%temp%\Export-Directory-Listing.txt" %1 >nullĭel "%temp%\Export-Directory-Listing.txt" >nullĪny ideas on how to get it to work on Windows 8. Printing or saving a directory listing using PowerShell is an easy, straightforward process. Here is my modified version which worked well in off Print A Directory List By Using Windows PowerShell. "Generate a File Listing from a Windows Explorer Context Menu" The problem is I can't get the batch file to work on Windows 8.1., it keeps displaying " CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories. I’m using the code dir C: /B/S/A:-D>list.txt and I get file1.bat file2.bat file3.bat file4.bat file5.bat file6.bat but I want it to read file2.bat file4.bat file5.bat can I have some help.
Except I need it to exclude the files file1.bat, file3.bat, and file6.bat. Then create a "Directory-Listing.txt" export text file inside selected folder, really neat tool! I need a batch code to list the contents of a folder.
Say you wanted to export a list of files contained within a folder, you would open Windows Explorer, select the folder which contents you wish to be exported, right click to display context menu and select "Export Directory Listing", the batch file would Back in the early days of Windows XP, I came across this really neat batch file that allowed users to export selected directory/folder contents listing to a txt file from Windows Explorer right-click context menu.