Search for string within filename in subdirectories
batch-file, findstr
Solution
The DIR command can perform a wildcard search in subdirectories.
DIR abcd*.xml /s /b
Problem
I have a large directory of folders (call it C:\Main). I need to set up a batch script to search the subfolders of that directory for a string within the filename (not the text within the file). I'm having trouble finding an answer. Essentially, let's say I need to search for the string "abcd" within all the filenames in C:\Main\*. I'm only looking for matches that are a XML file. So I need to find: C:\Main\Secondary1\abcd_othertext.xml C:\Main\Secondary2\abcd_othertext.xml C:\Main\Secondary3\abcd_othertext.xml among all the hundreds of folders in that Main directory. Then I need to output all matches (ideally to individual variables in a bat file, but that's a different can of worms). Thanks in advance for your help.