dir command not current directory and filter

Question

I am trying to list all the files with a specific extension but not the current directory.

Something like this

dir "C:\x y\test\" /b /s *.txt

but instead of the expected result it lists all the files from the specified directory AND the ones from the current directory.

Is there a way to get list the files with a specific extension from another directory than the current one

Go to [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2423935/windows-command-line-search-for-exact-extension-with-dir), I think its a possible duplicate — , Mar 05 '14 at 13:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 06 '14 at 03:56

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I'm not really sure, but i think it would be

dir "C:\some\path\*.txt" /b /s /a-d

edited Mar 06 '14 at 03:56

foxidrive

answered Mar 05 '14 at 13:38

Mike S.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 05 '14 at 13:38

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Do you look for something like

dir "c:\temp\*.txt"

As a fact I am not in c:\temp.

answered Mar 05 '14 at 13:38

wumpz

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 05 '14 at 13:41

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How about FORFILES? It's more robust than the old "dir":

FORFILES /P "Your/Path" /S /M *.txt

*/p = The Path to search */s = Recurse into sub-folders

answered Mar 05 '14 at 13:41

the_marcelo_r

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