Batch File; List files in directory, only filenames?

Question

This is probably a very simple question, but I\'m having trouble with it. Basically, I am trying to write a Batch File and I need it to list all the files in a certain directory

Answer 1

If you need the subdirectories too you need a "dir" command and a "For" command

dir /b /s DIRECTORY\*.* > list1.txt

for /f "tokens=*" %%A in (list1.txt) do echo %%~nxA >> list.txt

del list1.txt

put your root directory in dir command. It will create a list1.txt with full path names and then a list.txt with only the file names.

Answer 2

Windows 10:

1. open cmd

2. change directory where you want to create text file(movie_list.txt) for the folder (d:\videos\movies)

3. type following command

   d:\videos\movies> dir /b /a-d > movie_list.txt

Answer 3

1.Open notepad

2.Create new file

3.type bellow line

dir /b > fileslist.txt

4.Save "list.bat"

Thats it. now you can copy & paste this "list.bat" file any of your folder location and double click it, it will create a "fileslist.txt" along with that directory folder and file name list.

Sample Output:

Note: If you want create file name list along with sub folder, then you can create batch file with bellow code.

dir /b /s > fileslist.txt

Answer 4

create a batch-file with the following code:

dir %1 /b /a-d > list.txt

Then drag & drop a directory on it and the files inside the directory will be listed in list.txt

Answer 5

The full command is:

dir /b /a-d

Let me break it up;

Basically the /b is what you look for.

/a-d will exclude the directory names.

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For more information see dir /? for other arguments that you can use with the dir command.

Answer 6

dir /s/d/a:-d "folderpath*.*" > file.txt

And, lose the /s if you do not need files from subfolders