I crafted some command line code (function? I don't know the technical term, my apologies) that is meant to look in a network folder (and all it's subfolders) and only list the file path for those files that are a particular type. I tried to test it on a folder with less information in it first, however I got the error File Not Found. This confused me because I looked in the folder--there were definitely .VOB and .mp4 files in the specified folder.
When I run the code included below, I don't get the error, BUT I'm getting a bunch of files I don't want (.pdf .xml .jpeg--etc.) I think because they're system files such as the .jpeg files for the .avi thumbnails.
dir "\\nas-rb4b\projectx2" /s /b *.avi *.mov *.mp4 *.wmv *.mpg *.lnk *.ldb *.rar *.mpeg *.m4v *.vob *.zip>Projx2RERUN.txt
Can anyone help me understand why I got the File Not Found error when I tried to run the exact same code but with a different more specific folder?
I also don't know how to modify the code/function to exclude files that are not the listed file types and are not system folders. Any help is, as always, much appreciated!
Read the newest dir command reference in Windows Commands:
dir [<Drive>:][<Path>][<FileName>] [...] [/p] [/q] [/w] [/d] [/a[[:]<Attributes>]][/o[[:]<SortOrder>]] [/t[[:]<TimeField>]] [/s] [/b] [/l] [/n] [/x] [/c] [/4]
To use multiple
FileNameparameters, separate each file name with a space, comma, or semicolon.
The command in question dir "\\nas-rb4b\projectx2" /s /b *.avi *.mov *.mp4
(truncated) says and performs the following:
dir "\\nas-rb4b\projectx2" /s /b, (i.e. all files in "\\nas-rb4b\projectx2"), thendir /s /b *.avi (i.e. all .avi files in the current directory), then dir /s /b *.mov (i.e. all .mov files in the current directory), then dir /s /b *.mp4 (i.e. all .mp4 files in the current directory), …Solution (read pushd and popd reference as well):
pushd "\\nas-rb4b\projectx2"
dir /s /b *.avi *.mov *.mp4 *.wmv *.mpg *.lnk *.ldb *.rar *.mpeg *.m4v *.vob *.zip>Projx2RERUN.txt
popd