Command to list all files in a folder as well as sub-folders in windows

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I tried searching for a command that could list all the file in a directory as well as subfolders using a command prompt command  I have read the help for  dir  command but coudn t find what I was looking for  Please help me what command could get this

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An addition to the answer  when you do not want to list the folders  only the files in the subfolders  use  A-D switch like this   dir    myfolder  b  s  A-D  o gn gt list txt

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If you want to list folders and files like graphical directory tree  you should use tree command   tree  f   There are various options for display format or ordering   Check example output     Answering late  Hope it help someone

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If you simply need to get the basic snapshot of the files   folders  Follow these baby steps   Press Windows   R Press Enter Type cmd Press Enter Type dir -s Press Enter

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The below post gives the solution for your scenario   dir  s  b  o gn      S Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories    B Uses bare format  no heading information or summary     O List by files in sorted order

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An alternative to the above commands that is a little more bulletproof   It can list all files irrespective of permissions or path length   robocopy  C  YourFolderPath   C  NULL   E  L  NJH  NJS  FP  NS  NC  B  XJ   I have a slight issue with the use of C  NULL which I have written about in my blog  https   theitronin com bulletproofdirectorylisting   But nevertheless it s the most robust command I know

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Following commands we can use for Linux or Mac  For Windows we can use below on git bash  List all files  first level folders  and their contents ls   -r  List all first-level subdirectories and files file      Save file list to text file       gt  gt     files txt file     -r   gt  gt     files-recursive txt  Get everything find   -type f  Save everything to file find   -type f  gt     files-all txt

[windows] Command to list all files in a folder as well as sub-folders in windows

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