Batch File; List files in directory, only filenames?

This is probably a very simple question, but I'm having trouble with it.

I am trying to write a Batch File and I need it to list all the files in a certain directory. The dir command will do this, but it also gives a bunch of other information; I want it to list ONLY the file names and exclude anything else.

I just want the output to look like this:

file1.txt
file2.txt
file3.txt

Solution 1:

The full command is:

dir /b /a-d

Let me break it up;

Basically the /b is what you look for.

/a-d will exclude the directory names.

For more information see dir /? for other arguments that you can use with the dir command.

Solution 2:

You can also try this:

for %%a in (*) do echo %%a

Using a for loop, you can echo out all the file names of the current directory.

To print them directly from the console:

for %a in (*) do @echo %a

Solution 3:

Why not use where instead dir?

In command line:

for /f tokens^=* %i in ('where .:*')do @"%~nxi"

In bat/cmd file:

@echo off 

for /f tokens^=* %%i in ('where .:*')do %%~nxi

Output:

file_0003.xlsx
file_0001.txt
file_0002.log

where .:*

Output:

G:\SO_en-EN\Q23228983\file_0003.xlsx
G:\SO_en-EN\Q23228983\file_0001.txt
G:\SO_en-EN\Q23228983\file_0002.log

For recursively:

where /r . *

Output:

G:\SO_en-EN\Q23228983\file_0003.xlsx
G:\SO_en-EN\Q23228983\file_0001.txt
G:\SO_en-EN\Q23228983\file_0002.log
G:\SO_en-EN\Q23228983\Sub_dir_001\file_0004.docx
G:\SO_en-EN\Q23228983\Sub_dir_001\file_0005.csv
G:\SO_en-EN\Q23228983\Sub_dir_001\file_0006.odt

For loop get path and name:

In command line:

for /f tokens^=* %i in ('where .:*')do @echo/ Path: %~dpi ^| Name: %~nxi

In bat/cmd file:

@echo off 

for /f tokens^=* %%i in ('where .:*')do echo/ Path: %%~dpi ^| Name: %%~nxi

Output:

 Path: G:\SO_en-EN\Q23228983\ | Name: file_0003.xlsx
 Path: G:\SO_en-EN\Q23228983\ | Name: file_0001.txt
 Path: G:\SO_en-EN\Q23228983\ | Name: file_0002.log

For loop get path and name recursively: