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Reputation: 3015

Recursive directory listing in DOS

How do we achieve a recursive directory listing in DOS?

I'm looking for a command or a script in DOS which can give me the recursive directory listing similar to ls -R command in Unix.

Upvotes: 255

Views: 383121

Answers (5)

Tribrach
Tribrach

Reputation: 311

dir /s /b /a:d>output.txt will write it to a text file

Upvotes: 31

Fortius
Fortius

Reputation: 281

You can get the parameters you are asking for by typing:

dir /?

For the full list, try:

dir /s /b /a:d

Upvotes: 28

Love and peace - Joe Codeswell
Love and peace - Joe Codeswell

Reputation: 2972

I like to use the following to get a nicely sorted listing of the current dir:

> dir . /s /b sortorder:N

Upvotes: 5

Zeinab Qureshi
Zeinab Qureshi

Reputation: 71

You can use various options with FINDSTR to remove the lines do not want, like so:

DIR /S | FINDSTR "\-" | FINDSTR /VI DIR

Normal output contains entries like these:

28-Aug-14  05:14 PM    <DIR>          .
28-Aug-14  05:14 PM    <DIR>          ..

You could remove these using the various filtering options offered by FINDSTR. You can also use the excellent unxutils, but it converts the output to UNIX by default, so you no longer get CR+LF; FINDSTR offers the best Windows option.

Upvotes: 7

Michael Todd
Michael Todd

Reputation: 17071

You can use:

dir /s

If you need the list without all the header/footer information try this:

dir /s /b

(For sure this will work for DOS 6 and later; might have worked prior to that, but I can't recall.)

Upvotes: 435

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