From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:55:21 -0400   
   Zaidy036  wrote:   
      
   > On 3/21/2023 3:31 PM, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:   
   > > On Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:08:44 -0700 (PDT)   
   > > Accu Backup  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> I'm trying to output a list of all .txt and .csv files located within a   
   certain directory and all its subdirectories.  On Windows Server 2019, I'm   
   running...   
   > >>   
   > >> C:\>dir "e:\shareddata\folder1\folder2" \*.txt \*.csv \s \b >   
   "c:\users\username\desktop\output.txt"   
   > >>   
   > >> or similar variants and getting mixed results.  When I have the \s   
   included, I am getting ALL files... not just the ones I want.  I also got only   
   the wanted files but on the entire drive... not just from the folder I need.    
   What am I missing here?     
   My goal is to review the list of files and then use a similar batch to delete   
   them if there is nothing I need to keep.  Thanks.   
   > >   
   > > Your option slashes are the wrong way round! Untested:   
   > >   
   > > dir "e:\shareddata\folder1\folder2" \*.txt \*.csv /s /b   
   > >   
   > Besides the error mentioned I am confused by the \*. usage. Is that a   
   > server method or did you mean to use some form of "FOR" and that is a   
   > shorthand?   
   >   
   > In Windows batch:   
   > FOR %f IN (txt csv) DO DIR "e:\shareddata\folder1\folder2\*.%f" /S /B   
   > -or-   
   > DIR "e:\shareddata\folder1\folder2\*.txt" /S /B   
   > DIR "e:\shareddata\folder1\folder2\*.csv" /S /B   
      
   That looks much better!   
      
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