Question

I have searched and searched to no avail so apologies if the answer does exist.

I am not very good with batch files so please keep this in mind.

All I am after is a single batch file that will list/save to file a list of the folders within the current folder.

So basically if I run this batch file within a certain folder it will output all folders (not files or sub folders, just to one level) within the folder from which the batch file was run.

I assume this is probably an easy request however I have not had any luck on Google, etc.

Answer 1

Dir

Use the dir command. Type in dir /? for help and options.

dir /a:d /b

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Redirect

Then use a redirect to save the list to a file.

> list.txt

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Together

dir /a:d /b > list.txt

This will output just the names of the directories. if you want the full path of the directories use this below.

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Full Path

for /f "delims=" %%D in ('dir /a:d /b') do echo %%~fD

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Alternative

other method just using the for command. See for /? for help and options. This can output just the name %%~nxD or the full path %%~fD

for /d %%D in (*) do echo %%~fD

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Notes

To use these commands directly on the command line, change the double percent signs to single percent signs. %% to %

To redirect the for methods, just add the redirect after the echo statements. Use the double arrow >> redirect here to append to the file, else only the last statement will be written to the file due to overwriting all the others.

... echo %%~fD>> list.txt