Thursday, 1 September 2011

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The Fastest Way of searching the directory in windows-Computer Tips

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Step 1:
First of all open command Prompt.
Step 2:
Browse to folder which you want to analyze the sub directories and files by using cd commands. For Example if you want to visit d:/interview folder then
try this command.
Type "d:"
then "cd interview".
Step 3:

after navigate to direcotry in command prompt,
Type this command :
dir *.* /s /b > dirlist.txt
and hit enter.
This will list all sub directories and files with their extension.

If you want to list only pdf files just use this command
dir *.pdf /s /b > dirlist.txt
Likewise, if you want to search only microsoft word files then use this command.
dir *.doc /s /b > dirlist.txt
If you want to search and list only files that has some certain name. For example, Resume.doc then try this command
dir Resume.* /s /b > dirlist.txt
(or)
dir Resume.doc /s /b > dirlist.txt

Step 4:
you can find the dirlist.txt file in that directory. i mean it will d:/interview directory.

Step 5:
open the text file in notepad or notepad++ ,then search your desired file name or folder(for example "resume"),you will get the full
 path to the file. This is fastest search than the usual windows search.

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