Listing folders

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On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:06:06 -0700, DVS wrote:

> I have a storage drive that has several hundred folders in it. I am trying
> to make a list of top-level folder names. I don't need second-level folders
> to be listed.
>
> The only way I know to do this is from the DOS window choosing Edit > Select
> all > Copy and then paste it all into Word, but then I have to delete dates
> and sizes from the list.
>
> Does anyone know of a utility that will do this for me?
>
> TIA,
> DVS

"Karen's Directory Printer" (freeware)
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/powertools.asp
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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

DVS wrote:

> I have a storage drive that has several hundred folders in it. I am trying
> to make a list of top-level folder names. I don't need second-level folders
> to be listed.
>
> The only way I know to do this is from the DOS window choosing Edit > Select
> all > Copy and then paste it all into Word, but then I have to delete dates
> and sizes from the list.
>
> Does anyone know of a utility that will do this for me?
Hi,

It is easy to get a "clean" bare format with the dir command (without
any date/size information.

The following command will list all folder names (/ad) in a bare
format (/b) and redirect the output to the file dir.txt (>dir.txt):

dir /b /ad >dir.txt


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