[Hidden-tech] Printing a folder directory

[Don Lesser]

I do it all the time. You need to remember DOS-getting a file list and
renaming a folder full at one time are still vastly easier in DOS than
Windows.

 

1.	Run a command prompt, by using the Run command to run CMD.
2.	Next you'll have to CD to the folder you want. This is trickier
since My Documents is not where it appears in Windows Explorer. Typically,
the command to cd to your My Documents is: 

cd C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\My documents 

where [username] is the name you log on with. 

3.	type the command to list all files in the directory in order, by
extension and then by name and to put this list into a file. I typically use
LIST.TXT but use whatever you like:

dir *.* /oen > list.txt 

4.	Close the Command window or type EXIT.
5.	You can open this list in Notepad, Word, or Excel. If you open it in
Excel, use the Text Import Wizard to import beginning at the 6th line and
with little effort you can get everything in column. Alternately, bring it
into Word and use ALT+Drag (hold down the ALT key first) to select a column
of text (nifty!) and copy and paste the names into another file.

 

The hardest part will be getting to your folder, but if you use Windows
Explorer to find it, you can copy the entire path, switch to Command, use
the icon at the left of the title bar to select Edit | Paste and paste it
into the command prompt.

 

 

 

Don Lesser

Pioneer Training, Inc.

14 Bobala Road

Holyoke, MA 01040

(413) 536-1030 (phone)

(413) 552-0472 (fax)

dlesser at ptraining.com

www.ptraining.com

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Occasionally I need to print out on paper all the file names within a
folder.  I would love to cut and paste the file names as a batch into a Word
document or an Excel spread sheet, but I have not found a method to do so.
I end up cutting and pasting the file names one by one.  I use Mac OS
10.3.9.   Does anyone have a tip for this function?  I have done screen
shots of the folder directory, but these are bitmaps and are not
manipulatable.  I would be curious if batch-copying the list of files in a
folder can be done on either a Mac or a PC.  Thanks 

George Forman, Ph.D.
President, Videatives, Inc.
19 The Hollow
Amherst, Massachusetts, 01002
Phone: 413 256 8846
Fax: 413 253 0898
www.videatives.com
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