Copy and paste RESULTS of a file search

Posted by ray023 on Super User See other posts from Super User or by ray023
Published on 2010-05-13T03:44:23Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 10:04 UTC
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In order for me to get the results of a file search in a readable format, I use the following command line in a command prompt:

dir *.* /s > myResultList.txt

I then open that list in Excel, use fixed width format to get rid of all the stuff I don't want and then I have my list.

Seems like a lot to do for something so simple.

Does anyone out there have any recommendations for something that would work better than this?

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Copy and paste RESULTS of a file search

Posted by ray023 on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by ray023
Published on 2010-05-13T03:44:23Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 3:54 UTC
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In order for me to get the results of a file search in a readable format, I use the following command line in a command prompt:

dir *.* /s > myResultList.txt

I then open that list in Excel, use fixed width format to get rid of all the stuff I don't want and then I have my list.

Seems like a lot to do for something so simple.

Does anyone out there have any recommendations for something that would work better than this?

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