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DOS Batch - File Search List

Quickly find a file on your hard drive.

Description:

This batch creates a lookup list of all files on the C: drive.
When running the batch the first time type a hyphen in order to build the lookup list first.

Features:

The lookup list will be appended to the batch file itself.
Options: build/rebuild lookup list, or locate a file
Regular expressions are supported, see FINDSTR for details.

Script:

Download: BatchListOfFiles.bat

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. @REM....&SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS&SETLOCAL DISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION @REM....&set /p s=FileSearch, type '-' to refresh lookup list: ||GOTO:EOF @REM....&if .%s% NEQ .- echo.&findstr %s% "%~f0"&PAUSE&GOTO:EOF @REM....&findstr /b /c:"@REM....&" "%~f0">"%~f0.txt" @REM....&dir /s/b c:\ 1>>"%~f0.txt"&move /Y "%~f0.txt" "%~f0" @REM....&GOTO:EOF

Script Output:

Script Output

FileSearch, type '-' to refresh lookup list: logoMed.gif

C:\Python22\tcl\tk8.3\images\logoMed.gif
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