What most people don't know, is that you already have the tools to
accomplish using a DOS window. If you're using Windows 95, 98, or ME,
go to Start --> Run... and type "command" (without quotes) in the run
box. If you're on XP or NT or 2000, type "cmd" (without quotes). Now
all you have to do is type:
dir
and you'll get a directory listing. By using certain flags or
switches, you can arrange the files by date, by name, by size, etc.
dir/s
will give you a recursive search going into sub-directories and
listing the files there.
dir/s *.txt
will find you every .txt file on your hard drive, and you can use the
asterisk to narrow down searches even more such as bank*.txt will give
you only text files starting with bank.
dir/?
will tell you which options you have to do different types of
searches.
As an example, I went into my quake directory and did a dir/s for you
so you can see the format:
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H:\games\Quake>dir/s
Volume in drive H is h_drive
Volume Serial Number is 8000-3E35
Directory of H:\games\Quake
09/03/2002 08:51p <DIR> .
09/03/2002 08:51p <DIR> ..
09/26/1996 07:07a 25,920 CWSDPMI.EXE
09/30/1997 02:01p 1,238 DeIsL1.isu
09/03/2002 08:30p <DIR> DOCS
03/11/1997 09:41p 6,464 FXMEMMAP.VXD
09/26/1996 07:07a 17,408 GENVXD.DLL
08/26/1997 07:47a 423,936 GLQUAKE.EXE
09/03/2002 09:32p <DIR> ID1
09/17/1998 02:31p 14,554 LICENSE.TXT
09/26/1996 07:07a 9,883 MGENVXD.VXD
09/26/1996 07:07a 26,511 PDIPX.COM
03/21/1997 11:58a 18,892 PMPRO16.DLL
03/21/1997 11:58a 32,768 PMPRO32.DLL
09/26/1996 07:07a 65 Q95.BAT
09/26/1996 07:07a 314,880 QLAUNCH.EXE
03/11/1997 01:29p 409,600 quake.exe
09/26/1996 07:07a 32,256 QUAKEUDP.DLL
09/21/1998 09:46a 9,729 readme.txt
02/18/1997 06:20a 80,804 spd3d.uc
02/27/1997 11:56a 79,620 spd3d.uc2
09/03/2002 09:27p <DIR> tenebrae
08/23/2002 01:23p 589,868 tenebrae.exe
08/23/2002 01:21p 711 Tenebrae_Readme.txt
09/03/2002 08:32p 13,973 Uninst.isu
10/30/1997 06:06a 558,080 vquake.exe
03/21/1997 11:58a 27,542 WDIR16.DLL
03/21/1997 11:58a 40,960 WDIR32.DLL
03/21/1997 11:58a 5 WDIRNOP.COM
03/21/1997 11:58a 995 WDIRNOP.PIF
03/22/1997 09:20a 553,472 WINQUAKE.EXE
03/22/1997 03:52a 1,226 WQ.BAT
27 File(s) 3,291,360 bytes
Directory of H:\games\Quake\DOCS
09/03/2002 08:30p <DIR> .
09/03/2002 08:30p <DIR> ..
09/03/2002 08:30p <DIR> DOS
09/16/1998 11:51a 1,394 quake.cnt
09/18/1998 06:44a 2,142,857 Quake.hlp
09/21/1998 09:46a 36,864 readme.doc
3 File(s) 2,181,115 bytes
Directory of H:\games\Quake\DOCS\DOS
09/03/2002 08:30p <DIR> .
09/03/2002 08:30p <DIR> ..
03/11/1997 09:41p 9,237 3DFX.TXT
07/12/1996 12:31p 25,462 COMEXP.TXT
08/27/1997 06:10a 6,579 GLREADME.TXT
09/16/1998 08:04a 9,510 HELP.TXT
11/24/1997 01:52p 9,915 JOYSTICK.TXT
09/17/1998 02:31p 14,554 LICENSE.TXT
10/29/1996 11:33a 9,308 LICINFO.TXT
10/29/1996 02:24p 39,341 MANUAL.TXT
11/02/1996 12:09p 5,654 ORDER.TXT
09/21/1998 09:46a 9,729 README.TXT
10/31/1996 11:18a 72,454 TECHINFO.TXT
11/24/1997 01:29p 48,076 WQREADME.TXT
12 File(s) 259,819 bytes
Directory of H:\games\Quake\ID1
09/03/2002 09:32p <DIR> .
09/03/2002 09:32p <DIR> ..
09/03/2002 08:56p 2,126 config.cfg
09/03/2002 08:31p <DIR> glquake
10/01/1996 09:25a 18,689,235 PAK0.PAK
07/12/1996 12:31p 34,257,856 PAK1.PAK
09/03/2002 09:32p 43,209,328 pak2.pak
4 File(s) 96,158,545 bytes
Directory of H:\games\Quake\ID1\glquake
09/03/2002 08:31p <DIR> .
09/03/2002 08:31p <DIR> ..
10/09/1997 09:23a 32,768 15to8.pal
10/09/1997 09:23a 1,836 armor.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 2,032 backpack.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 688 bolt.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 520 bolt2.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 520 bolt3.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 5,384 demon.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 8,848 dog.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 316 eyes.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 2,540 flame.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 1,800 flame2.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 600 gib1.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 1,780 gib2.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 420 gib3.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 320 grenade.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 4,748 g_nail.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 3,748 g_rock.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 1,748 g_shot.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 1,676 h_demon.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 1,824 h_dog.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 800 h_guard.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 732 h_ogre.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 828 h_player.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 544 h_wizard.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 936 h_zombie.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 916 invisibl.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 420 lavaball.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 1,296 missile.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 6,192 ogre.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 7,988 player.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 2,068 quaddama.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 6,496 soldier.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 116 spike.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 6,208 suit.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 116 s_spike.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 3,676 v_axe.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 3,616 v_light.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 4,004 v_nail.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 3,860 v_nail2.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 1,108 v_rock.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 2,620 v_rock2.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 2,416 v_shot.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 3,208 v_shot2.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 3,100 wizard.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 2,496 w_g_key.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 1,936 w_spike.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 7,144 zombie.ms2
10/09/1997 09:23a 420 zom_gib.ms2
48 File(s) 149,376 bytes
Directory of H:\games\Quake\tenebrae
09/03/2002 09:27p <DIR> .
09/03/2002 09:27p <DIR> ..
09/03/2002 09:37p 2,089 config.cfg
09/03/2002 09:26p <DIR> glquake
09/03/2002 08:45p <DIR> maps
08/22/2002 05:35p 9,669,159 PAK0.PAK
09/03/2002 09:37p 139,808 quick.sav
09/03/2002 09:00p 122,126 s0.sav
4 File(s) 9,933,182 bytes
Directory of H:\games\Quake\tenebrae\glquake
09/03/2002 09:26p <DIR> .
09/03/2002 09:26p <DIR> ..
09/03/2002 09:26p 620 h_knight.ms2
09/03/2002 09:26p 4,164 knight.ms2
09/03/2002 08:55p 5,520 shambler.ms2
09/03/2002 09:26p 2,496 w_s_key.ms2
4 File(s) 12,800 bytes
Directory of H:\games\Quake\tenebrae\maps
09/03/2002 08:45p <DIR> .
09/03/2002 08:45p <DIR> ..
08/20/2002 01:20p 392,616 zoo.bsp
1 File(s) 392,616 bytes
Total Files Listed:
103 File(s) 112,378,813 bytes
23 Dir(s) 1,574,064,128 bytes free
H:\games\Quake>
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In order to save this to a file, just use the ">" operator and type a
filename, like search.txt.
dir/s > search.txt
will save the search in the text file search.txt. I've linked to a
couple guides on how to get around in dos, and please ask if you need
any further information. The tutorials also tell you how to switch to
different directories so you don't have to start at the root directory
(c:\) you can start at a sub-directory (like I did for my example, I
started in h:\games\quake\).
Search Strategy:
dir dos command tutorial
Additional Links:
Dos tutorial:
http://www.utc.edu/helpdesk/staff/train/dos_tutorial.htm
Another basic dos tutorial:
http://electron.cs.uwindsor.ca/60-104/dos.html
Thank you for the opportunity to answer your question, if you require
more information, please clarify the question, or if you find this
answer satisfactory, please feel free to rate it. Thank you!
skermit-ga |
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