how to list all files and directories in given directory with full path but not recursive?

Question

Somehow like dir /b command but I need also hidden and system files there. Built in dir command doesn't allow to list such 'hidden' files with the rest and I must use /s to have full path in there, which is of course non recursive.

I also played with windows version of ls command and there also no luck. To display full path you must add asterisk (mydir\*) at the end of directory you are listing, but this makes it recursive.

Solution 1

If you don't want to install anything, you could also use the following command:

for /f "delims=" %a in ('cd') do @for /f %b in ('dir /b /a') do @echo %a\%b

You have to cd into the directory first or it won't work.

Solution 2

Try the following command:

dir /s /b /a

It will give ALL files, you can run it through FIND if you want or add a folder name.

Solution 3

If you tried ls, why not just install cygwin? You can use find in cygwin:

find -name "*"

If you do install cygwin and want to use find in cygwin, make sure the find in cygwin is called by either using full path or insert cygwin bin path before system32 because Windows also has a find.exe.

Comments

[David Barishev]

i checked unixutils, find is recursive :(

[barlop]

or this! for /f "delims=" %b in ('dir /b /a') do @echo %cd%\%b But yours is an interesting technique, quite generic

[rubo77]

could you explain please, how this command works?