Command Prompt help

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mannyace · #1 Post by **mannyace** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:40 pm

what do i do to a "dir" command to make it output into a .txt file?

2005 · #2 Post by **2005** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:54 pm

Just go into the command prompt and do this,

In this example I will who you how to output your dir listing for the c: hard drive and it will output the dir into a .txt on that drive.

c: and then press enter to get it on c:

then type dir >directory.txt

it will output the directory for you

mannyace · #3 Post by **mannyace** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:50 pm

thx, heres another q...

how do i change directory if the directory has a "&" in its name, and i dont want to renaming the folder

"cd first & last" yeilds " 'last' is not recognized as an internal or external command..."

mannyace · #4 Post by **mannyace** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:54 pm

ok use " " din kno u could do that, im done with this thread, peace