0
How can I find all files that have a name like ALPS*.doc
in a folder like P:\Systems\A.L.P.S\
?
I tried this using the command line but it returns zero:
Systems\A.L.P.S>dir /s /b c:\ |find /c "\ALPS*.doc"
What am I doing wrong?
0
How can I find all files that have a name like ALPS*.doc
in a folder like P:\Systems\A.L.P.S\
?
I tried this using the command line but it returns zero:
Systems\A.L.P.S>dir /s /b c:\ |find /c "\ALPS*.doc"
What am I doing wrong?
1
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
0
Within Powershell.
Get-ChildItem C:\ -Recurse "ALPS*.doc"
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 – 2014-10-13T14:06:30.727is 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