How do I recursively list filenames (only) in DOS/Windows?

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I would like to recursively list all files in a directory, showing filenames only (without extensions and without the full paths). I'm using Windows/DOS.

The closest I could get with dir was dir /s /b, but it lists full paths and also shows the extensions.

Well, perhaps I could live with the extensions, but I must get rid of the paths!

Any ideas?

@OldWolf: XP. I prefer not to use any third-party software/ – David B Oct 07 '11 at 20:24 — David B, Oct 07 '11 at 20:24

score 34 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 07 '11 at 20:32

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cd /d C:\Path\To\Source\Folder
for /r %i in (*) do @echo %~ni

If you need the list saved to a file, append >> C:\Path\To\list_file.txt to the end of the for command.

If you end up wanting the extensions, change %~ni to %~nxi

To use in a batch file, change all the % to %%

answered Oct 07 '11 at 20:32

afrazier

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If you need path and name and extension, change %~ni to %~pnxi – Deep Aug 01 '14 at 13:11
this works but it doesn't show hidden files. How can I also see the hidden files? – ala May 02 '15 at 09:01
@ala: If you want to show hidden files, you'll need to use something like [David Remy's answer](http://superuser.com/a/344170/34636) only with the appropriate flags passed to the `dir` command. – afrazier May 02 '15 at 14:00

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 07 '11 at 20:36

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If you are willing to load powershell, this command should do it.

get-childitem "d:\acc" -recurse|foreach {$_.Basename}

answered Oct 07 '11 at 20:36

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 07 '11 at 20:44

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Doing something like the following should get you what you want:

@for /f "delims=" %a in ('Dir /s /b %systemdrive%') do echo %~na

Just pipe the output to a file and use it from there if needed.

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 07 '11 at 20:32

Don't know if you'd consider it a 3rd party software or not since it's form Microsoft and ships with 7, but powershell will solve most of your problem pretty easily. If you haven't already installed it, it's available for XP on Microsoft's site.

Get-ChildItem -path "C:\Program Files\" -recurse | foreach ($_) {
    write $_.name
}

How do I recursively list filenames (only) in DOS/Windows?

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