Search a file in a directory using MS DOS

dos

Solution

Try this:

for /f %f in ('dir sam.txt /s/b') do @echo %f  %~tf

This is it running.

C:\data>for /f %f in ('dir sam.txt /s/b') do @echo %f  %~tf
C:\data\Sam.txt  26/10/2012 10:49 a.m.
C:\data\1\Sam.txt  26/10/2012 10:49 a.m.
C:\data\2\Sam.txt  26/10/2012 10:49 a.m.

You can get more help on the FOR command using help for at the command prompt

Problem

How can I search a directory and its sub directories for a file and display the file name and its created time in a neat format. I tried `dir sam.csv /b /s /a-d` But does't work. The output should look like ``` c:\Data\Sam.txt 10/10/2012 10.00 AM c:\Data\1\Sam.txt 11/10/2012 10.00 AM c:\Data\2\Sam.txt 12/10/2012 10.00 AM ``` Or can I do the same in a for loop?

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