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Getting a list of files in my directory into notepad
Is there anyway that I can go over to a folder, do a Control+C or something like that, and then paste into Notepad, to get a LIST OF ALL FILES IN THAT DIRECTORY, ORDERED IN THE SAME WAY THAT MY LIST WAS ORDERED WHEN I DID THE CONTROL+C?
Obviously, I am writing this question because the idea I showed above doesn't work. How do I get a list of files in my directory in the same order that is shown in explorer (in my case, I am ordering them with reverse date/time stamp).
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Sorry. You wanted to sort by attribute. Try this one instead
http://www.snapfiles.com/g
Kamlesh, I don't think the functionality you require exists in Windows.
If you are not averse to using third party app (freeware), try DirLister from :
http://www.freedownloadsce
Start the app, select the directory, Select tab Option 1, choose required options from "Include", Choose "Date & Time" under "Sort Dirs by" in Options, and choose Sort files Descending.
Googling for "Directory printer context menu" gives a lot oflinks. Here are a f ew good ones :
http://www.windowsdevcente
http://www.karenware.com/p
http://support.microsoft.c
I just tried Karen's Directory Priner (second link in my post above), and I think it would suit you.
It will add a contect menu item "Print with DirPrn..."
When clicked on, it will open Karen's directory printer. You can select the mask, sort type, sort order, and have ability either to print the list, or to save it to a file.
Karen has many more gr8 tools. Explore.
You can try the below command, say you want all the files in software folder then make a notepad file clled directories.log on D drive and type type the following command.But make sure that you are in the software directory.You can modify the below command to get files from differant directories.
D:\Software>dir /O:d >> D:\directories.log
You should add that you can't simply copy and paste a file manager directory listing to notepad; it would try to paste the entire contents of every file into one notepad file as text.
You can also download Bash for Windows and write Bash script to do the listing:
http://www.steve.org.uk/So
Another way is to use this command :
tree C:\ /f > Directories.html
then open Directories.html and add at the top
<HTML>
<BODY>
<PRE>
then add at the bottom
</PRE>
</BODY>
</HTML>
at which point you can then edit it with an html editor like Netscape or Frontpage and view it as a web page. Neat little trick.
How dos gets the lines and corners is simply with special characters. Windows makes it very hard to do this, but in Netscape it's simply a matter of copy and paste.
With a few editing commands you could parse the final file and insert the same tree like look of the dos output.
It would be easier using something like bash, sed, and awk though, if you had them.
I second paragh's suggestion of Karen Kenworth's free utilities.
If using Karen's "Directory Printer", be sure to first configure it the way you want, and then open the "Other Settings" tab and tick both the boxes, ie.
- Display "Print with DirPrn" on context menu's for Drives and Folders
- Remember my settings
Right-Clicking a folder will open Directory Printer with that folder already selected, and if your preferred settings under the "Save To Disk" tab have been saved, all you have to do is open that tab and click the "Save To Disk" button. You are then prompted for a file name.
>>> "I am ordering them with reverse date/time stamp" <<<
You mean "oldest first"?
What operating system?
Why not create a couple of batch files that do what life_j and kdamak have suggested, and then create a couple of new Right-Click Menu options for Folders and Drives, so that you can create a directory listing right from within Windows Explorer without having to open up a new DOS Window.
I just created the following and tested it in Win98/ME, but haven't yet tested in Windows 2000/XP. The files might need to be slightly modified if needed for Windows XP (the .REG file will certainly have to be different in Windows 2000 or XP):
Content of C:\DirListOldestTop.bat
--------------------------
@echo off
echo Listing of : > %TEMP%\listing.txt
cd %1 >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo. >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo SUB-FOLDERS >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo ----------- >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo. >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
dir /od /ad /b /s *.* >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo. >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo FILES >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo ----- >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo. >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
dir /od /a-d /b /s /l *.* >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo. >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo FOLDERS and FILES >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo ----------------- >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo. >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
dir /od /b /s *.* >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
start notepad %TEMP%\listing.txt
exit
Content of C:\DirListNewestTop.bat
--------------------------
@echo off
echo Listing of : > %TEMP%\listing.txt
cd %1 >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo. >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo SUB-FOLDERS >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo ----------- >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo. >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
dir /o-d /ad /b /s *.* >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo. >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo FILES >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo ----- >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo. >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
dir /o-d /a-d /b /s /l *.* >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo. >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo FOLDERS and FILES >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo ----------------- >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
echo. >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
dir /o-d /b /s *.* >> %TEMP%\listing.txt
start notepad %TEMP%\listing.txt
exit
MakeDirListMenus.REG
-------------------------
Run this to create the new Win9x/ME right-click menu options.
(Leave two extra blank lines at the end of the file or it won't merge into the registry properly).
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directo
@="ListFiles Old First"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directo
@="C:\\DirListOldestTop.ba
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directo
@="ListFiles New First"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directo
@="C:\\DirListNewestTop.ba
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\s
@="ListFiles Old First"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\s
@="C:\\DirListOldestTop.ba
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\s
@="ListFiles New First"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\s
@="C:\\DirListNewestTop.ba
RemoveDirListMenus
------------------------
Run this to remove Win9x/ME registry settings that created the Right-Click options.
(Leave two extra blank lines at the end of the file or it won't merge into the registry properly).
REGEDIT4
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Direct
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Direct
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\
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by: war1Posted on 2005-12-16 at 14:31:33ID: 15501467
Greetings, kamleshmistry !
Copying to Notepad should retain the same order. Make sure Notepad does not have any special settings. In Notepad, click Edit and uncheck Word Wrap. Have you created any other special setting in Notepad?
If no joy, use Wordpad.
Best wishes!