Dos Commands

[jimlance]

In Windows 7, I have found erroneous results in executing DOS commands (DIR and MOVE) using the wildcard *.

A sample command is:

dir "42013*.LIC > "List 42013 LIC.txt"

This should make a list of all the files in the directory that begin with "42013".

But, I get additional files listed that do not begin with "42013" or even contain the sequence of numbers.

I am clueless at this stage!

Jim

 

[Hawkeye22]

Why are you using quotes? Quotes shouldn't be needed unless there is a space in the file name like:

dir "cheez whiz*.txt" > listing.txt

Also, you have mismatched quotes (copied and pasted from your post)

dir "42013*.LIC > "List 42013 LIC.txt"

 

[jimlance]

Yes, I caught that mismatch error. And, I have done it with and without quotes, and I get the same result. Any suggestion?

 

[Hawkeye22]

Sorry, no more suggestions, but googling windows 7 dos wildcard search turns up result that make this appear to be a common issue with win7. it may just be a bad port of the dir command or wildcard usage.

 

[rgd1101]

What do you get the correct list of file when you do
dir /p 42013*.LIC

 

[jimlance]

What do you get the correct list of file when you do
dir /p 42013*.LIC

I tried your suggestion, and I can get the same erroneous results as before. Unfortunately, I can occasionally get the correct result. I just cannot predict when or why the result is reliable. I am giving up on the Windows 7 Wildcards, and will search for another method. Thanks for your input.