How To: Print Out a List of All Files in a Folder
Mon May 8, 2006 12:30AM EDT
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Rana writes: How can I get a list of the files in my folder if it contains about 1,000 files.
I'm tempted to show you how to do this in DOS, but there's plenty of shareware out there to make it much easier and without typing a bunch of odd commands that are easy to mix up.
My favorite shareware tool for this job is JR Directory Printer, which is not just really simple, it's totally free, too. Download the software, run the installer, and double-click the application file. The JR Directory Printer menu is painfully simple: Just click the "!" button to browse to the directory you want to print out, add a check mark under "Recurse sub-directories" if you want subfolders to be included in the file list (good for spidering organized music folders). Click Start and JR will get to work, and your list of files will be displayed in the Windows Notepad. From there you can cut and paste the list into your favorite word processor or simply print it out.
Give it a whirl and let me know what you think!
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2 Posted by ron_morales on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:51PM EDT Report Abuse
Hmmm again, maybe Jon's suggestion would have worked if the " " character displayed. I know it would have for mine!
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3 Posted by i2shar on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:22PM EDT Report Abuse
type this on your command prompt: C:\myDirectory\ dir /s "greater_than_char" listing.txt to get a recursive file listing of all directories and files under this directory.
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4 Posted by cnull on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:27PM EDT Report Abuse
All applications I recommend are absolutely spyware free. If any application is ad-supported, I will mention that in my coverage, as well. JR Directory Printer is free of both spyware and adware.
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5 Posted by jksingla on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:36PM EDT Report Abuse
I think using the 'PDF creator' along with JR directory print, I can combine two PDF documents into one. I am planning to put two PDF documents into one directory and issue a print-directory. It will be one print-stream, and direct that print-stream to PDF creator. Guys and geeks, I think it should work. Right?
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1 Posted by ron_morales on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:51PM EDT Report Abuse
Hmmm, too bad there isn't a spell check for these comments to help people who DON'T think they are ILLITERATE, but I agree that the DOS approach for intermediate users is a good route to go, as MR NULL stated above about "typing a bunch of odd commands that are easy to mix up.", to which I agree. I couldn't get the above suggestion to work, so after a little tinkering around, I found that DIR files.txt works for copying the directory list into a text file. Unfortunately, you are stuck with all the information that is displayed in the directory and I'm sure MR NULL's comment is in reference to this.