Batch File List files in directory only filenames

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This is probably a very simple question  but I m having trouble with it  Basically  I am trying to write a Batch File and I need it to list all the files in a certain directory  The dir command will do this  but it also gives a bunch of other information  I want it to list ONLY the file names and exclude anything else   I just want the output to look like this   file1 txt file2 txt file3 txt   Thanks in advance

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1 Open notepad  2 Create new file  3 type bellow line   dir  b  gt  fileslist txt   4 Save  list bat   Thats it  now you can copy  amp  paste this  list bat  file any of your folder location and double click it  it will create a  fileslist txt  along with that directory folder and file name list   Sample Output    Note  If you want create file name list along with sub folder  then you can create batch file with bellow code   dir  b  s  gt  fileslist txt

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The full command is   dir  b  a-d   Let me break it up   Basically the  b is what you look for    a-d will exclude the directory names     For more information see dir    for other arguments that you can use with the dir command

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You can also try this   for   a in     do echo   a   Using a for loop  you can echo out all the file names of the current directory   To print them directly from the console   for  a in     do  echo  a

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dir  s d a -d  folderpath       file txt  And  lose the  s if you do not need files from subfolders

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Why not use where instead dir    In command line  for  f tokens     i in   where      do   quot   nxi quot   In bat cmd file   echo off   for  f tokens      i in   where      do    nxi   Output    file 0003 xlsx file 0001 txt file 0002 log  where       Output    G  SO en-EN Q23228983 file 0003 xlsx G  SO en-EN Q23228983 file 0001 txt G  SO en-EN Q23228983 file 0002 log  For recursively  where  r       Output    G  SO en-EN Q23228983 file 0003 xlsx G  SO en-EN Q23228983 file 0001 txt G  SO en-EN Q23228983 file 0002 log G  SO en-EN Q23228983 Sub dir 001 file 0004 docx G  SO en-EN Q23228983 Sub dir 001 file 0005 csv G  SO en-EN Q23228983 Sub dir 001 file 0006 odt   For loop get path and name     In command line   for  f tokens     i in   where      do  echo  Path    dpi    Name    nxi   In bat cmd file    echo off   for  f tokens      i in   where      do echo  Path     dpi    Name     nxi   Output     Path  G  SO en-EN Q23228983    Name  file 0003 xlsx  Path  G  SO en-EN Q23228983    Name  file 0001 txt  Path  G  SO en-EN Q23228983    Name  file 0002 log    For loop get path and name recursively   In command line  for  f tokens     i in   where  r      do  echo  Path    dpi    Name    nxi  In bat cmd file   echo off   for  f tokens      i in   where  r      do echo  Path     dpi    Name     nxi   Output     Path  G  SO en-EN Q23228983    Name  file 0003 xlsx  Path  G  SO en-EN Q23228983    Name  file 0001 txt  Path  G  SO en-EN Q23228983    Name  file 0002 log  Path  G  SO en-EN Q23228983 Sub dir 001    Name  file 0004 docx  Path  G  SO en-EN Q23228983 Sub dir 001    Name  file 0005 csv  Path  G  SO en-EN Q23228983 Sub dir 001    Name  file 0006 odt    Some further reading   v  Where  v  Where sample

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Windows 10    open cmd change directory where you want to create text file movie list txt  for the folder  d  videos movies  type following command  d  videos movies  dir  b  a-d   movie list txt

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create a batch-file with the following code   dir  1  b  a-d  gt  list txt   Then drag  amp  drop a directory on it and the files inside the directory will be listed in list txt

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If you need the subdirectories too you need a  dir  command and a  For  command  dir  b  s DIRECTORY      gt  list1 txt  for  f  tokens      A in  list1 txt  do echo    nxA  gt  gt  list txt  del list1 txt   put your root directory in dir command  It will create a list1 txt with full path names and then a list txt with only the file names

[batch-file] Batch File; List files in directory, only filenames?

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