How to display seconds with the DIR command?

[Peter]

I use DIR > file.txt to get a list of files, including time stamps. Is there under Windows XP a way to create a txt-file with the seconds also displayed in the time stamps of the file list?

regards

Peter

[bobputnam]

Try xdir freeware.

[Peter]

Try xdir freeware.

Thanks, but I have to avoid any kind of additional software (otherwise I would use TC.) Is there a way with "basic CMDs from Win XP"?

Peter

[Jack!]

Here's an alternative way. Copy the file path (example c:\windows) in to the address bar of Firefox or Chrome et voilà, you'll see a file list including a time stamp with seconds.

[Peter]

Here's an alternative way. Copy the file path (example c:\windows) in to the address bar of Firefox or Chrome et voilà, you'll see a file list including a time stamp with seconds.

Yeah - that looks remarkable. But what's about displaying recursive subdirs?

Peter

[Sob]

If you can't use any other software, then the answer is built-in Windows scripting.

Try something like this, save it to mydir.vbs:

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Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

If WScript.Arguments.Count = 0 Then
  strFolder = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(".")
  isRec = False
Else
  If WScript.Arguments.Count = 1 Then
    If WScript.Arguments(0) = "/rec" Then
      strFolder = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(".")
      isRec = True
    Else
      strFolder = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(WScript.Arguments(0))
      isRec = False
    End If
  Else  
    strFolder = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(WScript.Arguments(0))
    If WScript.Arguments(1) = "/rec" Then
      isRec = True
    Else
      isRec = False
    End If
  End If  
End If

GetFiles strFolder

Function GetFiles(byval strDirectory)
  WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "Listing of " & strDirectory
  Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strDirectory)
  For Each objFile In objFolder.Files
    WriteItemLine objFile, False
  Next
  If isRec Then
    For Each objFolder In objFolder.SubFolders
      WriteItemLine objFolder, True
      GetFiles objFolder.Path
    Next
  End If  
End Function

Function WriteItemLine(byref objFile, byval isFolder)
  strLine = ""
  strLine = strLine & objFile.DateLastModified & ", "
  If isFolder Then
    strLine = strLine & "directory, "
  Else
    strLine = strLine & "file, "
  End If
  strLine = strLine & objFile.Size & ", "
  strLine = strLine & objFile.Name
  WScript.StdOut.WriteLine strLine
End Function

Usage examples:

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cscript //B //U mydir.vbs > current-dir.txt
cscript //B //U mydir.vbs C:\Temp > some-other-dir.txt
cscript //B //U mydir.vbs /rec > current-dir-recursive.txt
cscript //B //U mydir.vbs C:\Temp /rec > some-other-dir-recursive.txt

If you don't like the format, it's easy to change.

[Peter]

Yeah - that looks remarkable. But what's about displaying recursive subdirs?

Peter

I asked in FireFox-Forum - there seem to be no solution ...

2Sob
thanks, I will test it in the next days.

Peter

[dott]

I see your request and still need to say: use one of gnu ls ports for windows. The net is plagued by forum request on this topic, some from you I believe, dir.exe can't do that.

[Balderstrom]

Here's the most up to date one that I know of on google code UnxUtils

If installed, Add the wbin folder to Windows Path, or create a junction to it, and add that to the path.
I recommend renaming echo, find, date and type to gecho.exe, gfind.exe (etc).

All the files included:

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[dott]

[OT]

I will recommend MSYS base system(~7 MB), the UnxUtils are from 1998 to 2003.

MSYS installer : http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mingw/MSYS/BaseSystem/msys-1.0.11/MSYS-1.0.11.exe?use_mirror=sunet

[OT]

[ehab]

Balderstrom Excellent you mentioned UnxUtils, will start to use right away. thank you



dott will check out MSYS

[dorin]

cscript //B //U mydir.vbs /rec > current-dir-recursive.txt

I gave up the parameter //B because it hides errors like "Permission Denied" when executing objFile.Size
Workaround - I run the script command using "Run as Administrator" window
I tried some error handling procedures without success
1. Try Catch is not yet implemented in cscript (version 5.812) even it is advertised by Microsoft (but maybe it works work only inside the MS Studio and was not implemented in cscript, yet)
2. the old VBA exception method "on Error Resume Next" is not working for Permission Denied
I could not catch the error and the effect is that it loses all the files after the error
In my case, the first directory was the known "Recycle Bin" so no other subdirectory was included in the listing as the program crashed early
3. Very bad news - the VBA software crashed for path length over 256 characters

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objFile.Size

"Microsoft VBScript runtime error: Path not found"
3.2 Even if you execute

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On Error Resume Next

The long paths are not included in the

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objFolder.SubFolders

So you can not repair it
I have to write my own program in a different Programming Language

Thank you for your solution - it is fast even for my million files on many HDD (not as fast as DIR but I found too many problems in DIR (seconds, date format change between computers and time zone changes ....))
At least in your solution, you can develop something independent of computer and time zone even if the result comes after 1 or 2 hours

[NotNull]

An alternative in CMD:

Run secondtime.cmd "c:\some folder\" to get similar output like below. Parse the results ffurther from there.
Make sure the foldername ends with a "\" (or change the code).
It should be fast.
Personally, I would use PowerShell for this.

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C:\Temp>secondtime.cmd "c:\Test\emed64_18.7.2_portable\"
Extension  FileName       FileSize  LastModified               Path
exe        eeadmin        213752    20190327223308.000000+060  \test\emed64_18.7.2_portable\
ini        eecommon       22606     20190624085751.813939+120  \test\emed64_18.7.2_portable\
ini        eeconfig       776120    20190518015958.877174+120  \test\emed64_18.7.2_portable\
ini        eelm           2         20190414002324.962960+120  \test\emed64_18.7.2_portable\
dll        eemacro        1080056   20190327223322.000000+060  \test\emed64_18.7.2_portable\
tlb        eemacro        82996     20190327223220.000000+060  \test\emed64_18.7.2_portable\
ini        eePlugins      170       20190518014633.361255+120  \test\emed64_18.7.2_portable\
ini        eeuseini       0         20190327224112.137600+060  \test\emed64_18.7.2_portable\
dll        emedcfd        2575608   20190327223306.000000+060  \test\emed64_18.7.2_portable\
dll        emedcfg        865528    20190327223312.000000+060  \test\emed64_18.7.2_portable\
dll        emeddlgs       975096    20190327223420.000000+060  \test\emed64_18.7.2_portable\
dll        emeddlgt       682232    20190327223256.000000+060  \test\emed64_18.7.2_portable\
exe        emedhtml       138488    20190327223218.000000+060  \test\emed64_18.7.2_portable\
exe        emeditor       22645496  20190327223938.000000+060  \test\emed64_18.7.2_portable\

secondtime.cmd

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@echo off & setlocal

   set "THISPATH=%~pnx1"
   set "WHERE=Drive='%~d1' AND Path='%THISPATH:\=\\%'"
   wmic.exe datafile WHERE "%WHERE%" get Path,FileName,Extension, FileSize,LastModified