I know that "dir /w" or "dir /b" shows only the file name. While "dir /x" or "dir /X" shows the 8.3 format, but together shows all other information like long format file names, dates and size.
is it possible to call dir, that only shows the file names (not showing dates or sizes), and showing that in 8.3 format?
for /R %A in (*.*) do @echo %~nsA %~nA
without subdirectory:
for %A in (*.*) do @echo %~nsA %~nA
add hidden files:
for /F "tokens=*" %A in ('dir /B/A:-/S *') do @echo %~nsA %~nA
without subdirectory:
for /F "tokens=*" %A in ('dir /B/A:- *') do @echo %~nsA %~nA
If you just want the 8.3 names and nothing else to be displayed, if you use "dir /-n" you will get the 8.3 name at the beginning of each line. Note: it separates the extension from the filename with a space rather than a period.
C:\Users\User>dir /-n
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 5C60-1B61
Directory of C:\Users\User
. <DIR> 01/28/2015 11:26 PM
.. <DIR> 01/28/2015 11:26 PM
Contacts <DIR> 12/27/2014 04:46 PM
Desktop <DIR> 01/25/2015 05:06 PM
DOCUME~1 <DIR> 01/27/2015 10:20 PM
DOWNLO~1 <DIR> 01/27/2015 10:10 PM
FAVORI~1 <DIR> 12/27/2014 04:46 PM
GOOGLE~1 <DIR> 01/28/2015 02:08 AM
Links <DIR> 01/25/2015 05:06 PM
Music <DIR> 12/27/2014 04:46 PM
Pictures <DIR> 12/27/2014 04:46 PM
SAVEDG~1 <DIR> 12/27/2014 04:46 PM
Searches <DIR> 12/27/2014 04:46 PM
TESTIN~1 TXT 8 01/28/2015 10:32 PM
TESTIN~2 BAT 175 01/28/2015 11:26 PM
TESTIN~1 BAT 164 01/28/2015 11:26 PM
UNIGIN~1 <DIR> 10/28/2014 07:01 PM
Videos <DIR> 12/27/2014 04:46 PM
3 File(s) 347 bytes
16 Dir(s) 3,896,034,717,696 bytes free
But you can use the "dir /-n" within a for loop in a batch file then extract a substring of the first 12 characters to get rid of the rest of each line. E.g.:
@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /f "skip=7 tokens=*" %%i in ('dir /-n ^| find /v "File(s)" ^| find /v "Dir(s)"') do (
set x=%%i
echo !x:~0,12!
)
The "skip=7" skips the first 7 lines, which aren't file nor directory names and the output of the "dir /-n" is piped through two find commands to remove the last two lines produced by "dir /-n" (the pipe symbol "|" needs to be "escaped" by a "^". Since the substring extraction occurs in a for loop in the batch file, "setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion" is needed and "!" needs to be used with the variable x rather than "%". For the above example, you would then see the following output from executing the batch file:
C:\Users\User>testing456
Contacts
Desktop
DOCUME~1
DOWNLO~1
FAVORI~1
GOOGLE~1
Links
Music
Pictures
SAVEDG~1
Searches
TESTIN~1 TXT
TESTIN~2 BAT
TESTIN~1 BAT
UNIGIN~1
Videos
for %i in (*) do echo %~nsxi
or
for /f "tokens=4" %i in ('dir /a-d /x "%cd%" ^| find "/"') do echo %i
or
for /f "tokens=1,2" %i in ('dir /a-d /-n "%cd%" ^| find "/"') do echo %i.%j
or to include directories/folders:
for /f "tokens=4" %i in ('dir /x "%cd%" ^| find "/"') do echo %i
Tested in Win 10
After playing with this for an hour I came up with the following:
from dos prompt:
for /F "tokens=*" %A in ('dir /B/A:-/S c:\Windows') do (@echo %~sA>> "%temp%\file_list_8dot3.txt")
from .BAT or .CMD file:
for /F "tokens=*" %%A in ('dir /B/A:-/S c:\Windows') do (@echo %%~sA>> "%temp%\file_list_8dot3.txt")
note: this script still has problem with long file names, but it will continue and make a 8dot3 text file that can then be pumped into any other batch file.
The following is my whole test .Bat file:
@echo off
cls
set ll=%temp%\file_list_8dot3.txt
if exist "%ll%" del "%ll%"
for /F "tokens=*" %%A in ('dir /B/A:-/S %temp%') do (@echo %%~sA>> "%ll%")
start /wait notepad "%ll%"
if exist "%ll%" del "%ll%"
To list files into all sub directories try this one out:
for /d /r %i in (*.*) do dir "%i" /B > %i/test.txt
