is there a way of getting all my filenames in a text list?

[ThE gOg]

hi

i have a load of mp3 files that i want to catalogue the names of in excel, how do i get all the filenames e.g. keane, hopes and fears, into a text list rather than having to type them all out:nowords: ?

is there an easy way of doing this or is there any software out there??

cheers........Pegz:thumbs

[/dev/null]

if they are in the same directory:

dir /b *.mp3 > myfiles.txt

Either run from DOS in the appropriate directory or create a batch file,

[ThE gOg]

hi, many thanks for the reply and i don't want to sound ungratefull but i'm a bit of a novice when it comes to dos or basically typing any commands in


is there any other way or maybe a prog that would do it for me?

thanks.........Pegz:thumbs

[/dev/null]

create a batch file.

Start---->Accessories---->Notepad

Type the command into notepad.

File---->Save As----> [file type] ALL

Save file as generatelist.bat into the directory where your files are.

Then go into that directory and double-click on the file that has been created (generatelist.bat). This will now create a further file called "myfiles.txt" which you can then open as normal (it will open in notepad) and this will contain your list.

John

[Spennyboy]

create a batch file.

Start---->Accessories---->Notepad

Type the command into notepad.

File---->Save As----> [file type] ALL

Save file as generatelist.bat into the directory where your files are.

Then go into that directory and double-click on the file that has been created (generatelist.bat). This will now create a further file called "myfiles.txt" which you can then open as normal (it will open in notepad) and this will contain your list.

John

bluddy hell... sorry for jumping on the thread but that is one wicked piece of information!

karma awarded! :thumbs

[/dev/null]

Glad to be of help, lol. [the power of the CLI! ]

BTW, if you don't have the files in the same dir, then put that script in the lowest level directory where the files are (explained below) and add "/S" to the dir command

ie, dir /SB *.mp3 > myfiles.txt

That will recurse through sub-directories. I omitted it beforew as it can be very slow, but then I guess people don't have all their files in one directory!!!

**explanation**
Lowest level directory -
If you have mp3's in d:\my documents\my music\ and also in d:\my documents\my tunes\ then the lowerst level would be d:\my documents\ as it is the lowest level dir in common with each path. The reason you choose this rather than just d:\ is simply to save time and resources - no point listing every file on your PC if you don't have to!!!




If I can help any more gimme a shout!

[ThE gOg]

thanks alot, merry xmas to you


Pegz

[/dev/null]

No probs! - Hope you got it working - any problems PM me.

John.

[ThE gOg]

i keep trying to pm you john but it says i do not have permission?

anyway my question is if i want to get the file names off a load of folders all in one directory how do i go about that?

i've tried reading a few dos websites but to tell you the truth i've no better idea now than when i started:|

cheers m8.....Pegz

[/dev/null]

hmmm... Dunon whats up witht he PM then - Will have to have a look later.

Anyway in relation to your question, simply replace the command in the batch file to the following:

dir /S /B *.mp3 > myfiles.txt

This will give the location of the files as well (not sure if you are too bothered about this?) eg:

d:\myfiles\1.mp3
d:\myfiles\otherdir\2.mp3

If you are bothered then let me know and I'll make a script for you to run the file through to clear the directory name and just leave you with the filename.

John.

[BertRoot]

May be worth adding that if you want to find the switches available to a particular dos command go to Start-->Run CMD <return> (in XP or command <return> in earlier versins of windows and then type the command e.g. dir with /? after it. This will give you the help for that command. Beofre you mention it I know it doesn't list the use of pipe or > but most DOS commands use them in a similar way.

e.g. dir /? would return
Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.
DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/B] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N]
[/O[[:]sortorder]] [/P] [/Q] [/S] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/W] [/X] [/4]
[drive:][path][filename]
Specifies drive, directory, and/or files to list.
/A Displays files with specified attributes.............etc
........./4 Displays four-digit years
Switches may be preset in the DIRCMD environment variable. Override
preset switches by prefixing any switch with - (hyphen)--for example, /-W.

[whatnow]

if you have WMA's (windows media player CD rips) too just do this:

dir /s /b *.mp3 *.wma > list.txt

you can add as many *.whatevers as you want to get a full listing.

[QfanatiQ]

Directory Lister, it is Freeware and probably the best peice of software there is. I have over 3k of Rave mp3's and this just listed the lot.

look here http://freeware.prv.pl/ naigate through.

Alternativly i can e-mail to you, very small proggy but VERY good. Everyone should have this.

Cheers.....Q

[sole]

Directory Lister, it is Freeware and probably the best peice of software there is. I have over 3k of Rave mp3's and this just listed the lot.

look here http://freeware.prv.pl/ naigate through.

Alternativly i can e-mail to you, very small proggy but VERY good. Everyone should have this.

Cheers.....Q

Thanks for that link, that is a quality little program can even generate list as html with links.

[max]

handy app, many thanks

max

[coin-op]

One I used in the past was maxlister.
It generates a directory tree as a txt file, so you can see all your files and their relative locations.

[iqrali]

got to add to this - but that is an awsome piece of info - Thanks!

[/dev/null]

One I used in the past was maxlister.
It generates a directory tree as a txt file, so you can see all your files and their relative locations.

if I remember rightly, you can doa similar thing in a batch file. I'm not logged into windows atm, but I'll update you when I am unless someone else would care to?

[BertRoot]

if I remember rightly, you can doa similar thing in a batch file. I'm not logged into windows atm, but I'll update you when I am unless someone else would care to?

You could do something like

@echo off
dir *.txt > bb.txt
exit

in a bat file and run it and you should have a list of, in this case files with an extension of txt listed in the file bb.txt. I hope I'm not missing the point here. Any switches you want should be added to the dir command and are listed in my post above.

[CominAtcha]

Directory Lister, it is Freeware and probably the best peice of software there is. I have over 3k of Rave mp3's and this just listed the lot.

look here http://freeware.prv.pl/ naigate through.

Alternativly i can e-mail to you, very small proggy but VERY good. Everyone should have this.

Cheers.....Q

Very good.