looking at the switches, i'd guess the answer is "no". i don't want a 3rd party util. maybe some way to pipe results from another command? there must be some way to do it? | < > ?
2007-05-11 07:15:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Balk: thanks but as i said i can't use a 3rd party
wfinn: yah i was thinking some pipe to "find' as well but can't quite work out the syntax. fyi; i'm looking for *.abc and trying to exclude any directory that has "recycle" in the name. My first born to whoever can figure this one out.
2007-05-11 07:52:28 · update #1
got it. Wfinn gets my firstborn for pointing me in the right direction. Will let you know when it's born.
2007-05-11 08:46:39 · update #2
Yes by piping the results to another tool such as find:
dir /B /AD | find "some search criteria"
/B = no header info
/AD = list directories only
2007-05-11 07:31:35 · answer #1 · answered by wfinn 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You can use wildcard specifications to *include* certain directories, but if you want to list the contents of the directories you're out of luck - dir /ad /s a* gives you all the files starting with a in the directories starting with a. In any case, you can't include an arbitrary subset of directories without creating some sort of batch file to do the job. Back in my DOS days I used XTree to find things.
2007-05-11 14:40:29 · answer #2 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not without 3rd party software
I am almost certain
2007-05-11 14:22:07 · answer #3 · answered by cody p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess you'll have to use one of those 'DOS File Manager' programs.
Here's one:
http://home.att.net/~short.stop/freesoft/fileman2.htm#lfnsupp
Just do an Internet search on 'DOS file manager' to find the other ones.
2007-05-11 14:29:14 · answer #4 · answered by Balk 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no..i dont think so, but im not an expert just an enthusiest
2007-05-11 14:18:58 · answer #5 · answered by danszafranek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋