list the contents of a folder

[buxtonicer1]

C:\level1\ etc...

Lets say that level1 contains a list of folders and those folders contain folders and so on...

What is the best way to get a list of all subdirectories in the level1 folder and then output those details to a file.

I would ideally like to run this at the dos prompt if possible. I know you can use the tree commmand, but can you redirect this to a file. Anyone know any other clever commands ?

 

[TheLad]

From a CMD prompt, you can use the TREE command and output it to a file as follows:

TREE /A > DIR.TXT

The /A creates the output in Ascii format, the DIR.TXT is the text file name (this can be anything you like)

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"Insert funny comment in here!"
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[buxtonicer1]

Are there any other commands that you know of, I mean I'll check the help menu anyway, is there an ls (UNIX) equivalent

 

[Diancecht]

Yeah, it's called "dir". You can try help dir, specially /s and /a:d options.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[Diancecht]

Actually dir /s /b /a:d could be what you're looking for.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[mpnut]

To add to what Diancecht said... to output it to a file you'll want DIR /S /B /A > "filename.txt