How can I easily open a command prompt in current folder with /u (set to unicode output)?

I'm trying to output directory and .txt file names using the following:

dir /b /s /a:d >> "filenames.txt"
dir /b /s *.txt >> "filenames.txt"

But some of the file and directory names use non-ASCII characters. If I put these in a .bat file, open cmd with /u, navigate to the folder I want and open the .bat file, it does what I want.

But I want to speed this process up, it has too many steps. Is there a way to make this less clumsy/winded?

windows
command-line
unicode
dir

BurrowDeck

Posted 2019-02-04T18:26:07.427

Reputation: 1

What's wrong in cmd /U /C dir /b /s /a:d >> "filenames.txt" ? – JosefZ – 2019-02-04T18:45:53.763

Didn't know you can do that. That's perfect, thank you! – BurrowDeck – 2019-02-04T18:59:03.067

How can I easily open a command prompt in current folder with /u (set to unicode output)?

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