DOS batch file that prints out contents of a folder in notepad?

You must not have looked very hard :) First result on Google when searching for: contents of a folder into a notepad text file.

You can save the following as gen.bat:

@ECHO OFF
DIR /B %1 > %2”.TXT”

Then typing “gen <DNAME> <FNAME>” will create a file named FNAME.TXT in the current directory containing the contents of the directory DNAME.

For example:

gen “C:\Documents and Settings” PROGS

will create the file PROGS.TXT containing the contents of C:\Documents and Settings.

I don’t know how I missed that, it certainly wasn’t first on my searches. In the meantime, I found the original file and it seams it’s a little bit more elaborate:

@echo off
chcp 1250
dir /B %1>%TEMP%\content.txt
start /wait notepad %TEMP%\content.txt
del %TEMP%\content.txt

But thanks guys :-) May this help anyone looking for this in the future.

Try “ReNamer.exe”—Google it – Free, wors great!

Sorry, works great.