Command line to search for all word files using wildcards in filename

You can directly specify what to list in the directory from the dir command itself.

So you would use this command:

cd /d c:\
dir /s /b ALPS*.doc

You first navigate to the root, then search recursively from there.

Do note that searching from C:\ will only find results in C:. If you want to search in P:\Systems\A.L.P.S, you of course have to search from that folder. the first line would then be:

cd /d p:\Systems\A.L.P.S

LPChip

Posted 2014-10-13T12:16:56.757

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thanks, so is there a way of just getting a count of all the files with a name like ALPS*2013*.doc ? – Our Man in Bananas – 2014-10-13T14:06:30.727

is there a way of counting all the files without listing them, or do I have to output them to a (text) file? – Our Man in Bananas – 2014-10-13T14:16:13.223

If you do not care for the filenames, you can ommit the /b which gives a detailed result including the filesize per file, but also a summery at the end stating how many files were found and what its size is. – LPChip – 2014-10-13T17:34:38.477

1Alternatively, you can use this command: dir /s /b ALPS*.doc | find /c "ALPS" assuming ALPS is not written twice in the name. – LPChip – 2014-10-13T17:37:46.130

Command line to search for all word files using wildcards in filename

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