Re: recursive find to display directory

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From: Matthias Tacke (Matthias_at_Tacke.de)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:30:02 +0100

William Hymen wrote:
> Quite some time ago I installed the MKS
> tookit, which gives me "unix find", grep, egrep, etc.
> But, I need to recursively find and display a folder
> but not hte contents, from 2 or 3 snippits of the filename-
> e.g.
>
> cd d:\file_data\root_folder
> unix-find.exe . | grep -i fx | grep -i serve | grep -i 2.3
>
> retrurns eight hits, including the files.
>
> d:\file_data\root_folder\inbox\fxapp_server2.3
> d:\file_data\root_folder\inbox\fxapp_server2.3\fxapp_server2.3.zip
> d:\file_data\root_folder\inbox\fxapp_server2.3\fxapp_server2.3.md5
> d:\file_data\root_folder\inbox\fxapp_server2.3\fxapp_server2.3.txt
> ::
> d:\file_data\root_folder\outbox\fxapp_server2.3
> d:\file_data\root_folder\outbox\fxapp_server2.3\fxapp_server2.3.zip
> d:\file_data\root_folder\outbox\fxapp_server2.3\fxapp_server2.3.md5
> d:\file_data\root_folder\outbox\fxapp_server2.3\fxapp_server2.3.txt
>
> Preferrably, I need a NT script or VB script to return just
> the root folders, *not* the contents, when I pass the
> two or three search strings: e.g. fx server 2.4
>
> should return just:
> d:\file_data\root_folder\inbox\fxapp_server2.3
> d:\file_data\root_folder\outbox\fxapp_server2.3
>
>
Dir supports multiple asterisks. If you specify in the proper order,
this should do: (provided you don't enter 2.4 and don't expect to
return 2.3 ;-)

cd d:\file_data\root_folder
DIR /AD /S/B *fx*server*2.4*

HTH 

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