Finding files
suggest changeFiles can be found using DIR, FOR, FINDSTR, FORFILES, and WHERE.
Examples:
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dir /b /s *base*.doc*- Outputs all files in the current folder and its sub-folders such that the file name before the extension contains the word
baseand whose extension starts withdoc, which includesdocanddocx. The files are output with full paths, one file per line.
- Outputs all files in the current folder and its sub-folders such that the file name before the extension contains the word
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dir /b /s *.txt | findstr /i pers.*doc- Combines the result of outputting files including their complete paths with the
findstrfiltering command supporting limited regular expressions, yielding a versatile and powerful combination for finding files by names and the names of their directories.
- Combines the result of outputting files including their complete paths with the
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for /r %i in (*) do @if %~zi geq 1000000 echo %~zi %i- For each file in the current folder and its sub-folders that has the size greater than or equal to 1,000,000 bytes, outputs the file size in bytes and the full path of the file. For the syntax in
%~zi, see percent tilde.
- For each file in the current folder and its sub-folders that has the size greater than or equal to 1,000,000 bytes, outputs the file size in bytes and the full path of the file. For the syntax in
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forfiles /s /d 06/10/2015 /c "cmd /c echo @fdate @path"- For each file in the current folder and its sub-folders modified on 10 June 2015 or later, outputs the file modification date and full file path. The date format after
/dis locale specific. Thus, allows to find most recently modified files.
- For each file in the current folder and its sub-folders modified on 10 June 2015 or later, outputs the file modification date and full file path. The date format after
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(for /r %i in (*) do @echo %~ti :: %i) | findstr 2015.*::- Searching the current folder recursively, outputs files whose last modification date is in year 2015. Places the modification date and time, followed by a double colon, before the file name. Works as long as the used version of Windows and locale displays dates in a format that contains four-digit years. The double colon is used to make sure the
findstrcommand is matching the date and not the file name.
- Searching the current folder recursively, outputs files whose last modification date is in year 2015. Places the modification date and time, followed by a double colon, before the file name. Works as long as the used version of Windows and locale displays dates in a format that contains four-digit years. The double colon is used to make sure the
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for /r %i in (*) do @echo %~ti | findstr 2015 >NUL && echo %i- As above, outputs files changed in 2015. Unlike the above, only outputs the files, not the modification dates.
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findstr /i /s /m cat.*mat *.txt- Finds files by their content. Performs a full text search for regular expression cat.*mat in files with names ending in
.txt, and outputs the files names. The/mswitch ensures only the file names are output.
- Finds files by their content. Performs a full text search for regular expression cat.*mat in files with names ending in
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where *.bat- Outputs all .bat files in the current directory and in the directories that are in
PATH.
- Outputs all .bat files in the current directory and in the directories that are in
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