![]() ![]() to put on a backup volume along with the backed up content.įor those who aren't used to command-line tools, don't let it scare you, the program is pretty easy to use.įileList is a portable application, extract it to a folder of your choice. Open a command prompt window, preferably in the same directory, so it's easier to type the command. The format that you need to use for obtaining the list of files is simple. Just type the word Filelist.exe followed by the full path of the directory that you want to scan. This command creates a list of the files that are located in the Music directory. In addition to the name of the file, the program also displays other properties such as the file size, last modified, last accessed, creation date, extension and containing path.Īs you can see, Filelist crams a lot of information in the window. The formatting makes it difficult to read the list as is in a terminal. ![]() You can export it to a text document by using a simple command. ![]() The syntax for which is Filelist.exe PATH > OUTPUT FILEĮ.g. Filelist C:\Downloads\ > C:\Downloads\filelist.txtĭon't forget to include the greater than symbol, that's what tells Filelist to save the data as a document.īut wait, even the text document has the same formatting. ![]() Filelist C:\Downloads\ > C:\Downloads\list.CSV That's precisely what I wanted to highlight, and why you should consider exporting the list to a CSV spreadsheet instead.Īll you have to do is replace the letters TXT in the above command, with CSV.Į.g. Open the document in Microsoft Office Excel or Google Sheets, and it should look much more accessible, with a column for each property. Filelist /USECOLUMNS NAME,EXTENSION,SIZE,FULLPATH,MD5,SHA256 C:\Downloads\ > C:\Downloads\filelist.CSV Say you want to customize the columns that are created by the program, you can use the /USE COLUMNS command to define the format.Į.g.ĭon't like the default format of the list? FileList supports many parameters, which you can use to include additional properties. So this command does quite a few things, firstly it includes 2 new columns for the MD5 and SHA256 checksum values of the files. ![]()
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