need help creating a file/folder listing *.bat file

pretty much as the subject states, l had one in the past but l cant remember where l put it and forget how it was written.

basically l just want a script that lists files and folders in a specific directory without listing the sub folders within that dir (just a bog standard list of files and folders without any other information).

a bonus would be if l were able to have it on my send to menu and it saved the text file to that folder. basically put l just want to output a list files and folders in specific directory.

any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Hope I understand the question properly. If you simply want a raw listing of all *.bat files in a folder, just run this command:

Code:

"dir *.bat /b"

The "/b" gives a bare listing with nothing but the file names. You can redirect that output to a file like this:

Code:

dir *.bat /b > D:\OutputFile.txt

If you want a directory listing a specific folder, do it like this:

Code:

dir D:\MyFolder\*.bat /b > D:\OutputFile.txt

Finally, add a "/s" if you want to recurse subdirectories.

Naturally, you can put that into a batch file if you wish.

Did I understand the question correctly? If you need anything more, feel free to let me know.

yes thats the sort of thing l want to do, but when testing l get blank files with nothing in.

the closest lve gotten to actual content within the file is this code

Code:

@echo off
dir %1 /b /o:gn > "%temp%\Listing"
start /w notepad "%temp%\Listing"
del "%temp%\Listing"
exit

however annoyingly it only seems to be listing the windows dir rather than the dir lm in.

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just an update:

lve been hanging on this page for the last 10m 5 Ways to Print Folder and Directory Contents in Windows

lve managed to get the no.2 option working generally how l want it to seems once l inserted the reg part of it the script listed something else other than the windows dir.

Try this:

Code:

@echo off
cd /d %~dp0
dir . /b /o:gn > "%temp%\Listing"
start /w notepad "%temp%\Listing"
del "%temp%\Listing"
exit

The "cd /d %~dp0" changes directories to the current directory.
Then, I replaced the "%1" with a ".". The "." acts upon the current directory, giving you a directory listing of the current directory. The %1 would imply to use whatever argument you passed to the batch file. If that was your intention, sorry for the error.

not a problem, also eventually ended up there though you replied just before l came across the information.

only thing lm left with sorting now is a way to edit the file on a phone without messing up the formatting, every app lve used in the past seems to add line spacing when l press enter on my phone for a new line or when it saves the file on my phone removes the next line completely ending up in one large paragraph :/ the idea of my whole folder listing was so l could keep track on projects the editor part mainly so l can add notes for progression so when l got back to my PC/laptop l could manage the files and update as required without running around with a notepad with a large list on it lol.