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Command Prompt help

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:40 pm
by mannyace
what do i do to a "dir" command to make it output into a .txt file?

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:54 pm
by 2005
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

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:50 pm
by mannyace
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..."

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:54 pm
by mannyace
ok use " " din kno u could do that, im done with this thread, peace