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For years I located files on my hard disk by piping the
output from CHKDSK /V through the FIND filter. Recently I
stumbled across an alternate method that uses the ATTRIB
command from DOS 3.3 or later versions. To find all files
ending with DOC, for example, I just enter attrib c:\*.doc
/s.
Gregory W. Dillon
San Francisco, California
Editor's note: This neat trick is definitely a keeper; it's
much more versatile than using CHKDSK /V with the FIND
filter. ATTRIB's /S option searches all nested paths for
files that match the search argument. For example, enter
attrib c:\wp\*.txt /s to locate files ending with TXT in
C:\WP plus all subdirectories nested inside.
Title: Finders Keepers
Category: DOS
Issue date: Jan 1991
Editor: Tom Swan
Supplementary files: NONE