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The DIR /s command

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First post, by Teppic

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I really miss one important DIR command in DOSBox, and it's the dir /s command, to show all the files in current folder and sub folders.

Very useful when you want to search for something (ex. "dir *.pcx/s , or dir file* /s) or just see how much space something takes.

The /s command in DOSBox doesn't say illegal switch, but it doesn't work like I described it either.

Is there some reason this command isn't in the current DOSBox, or is there something I missing?

Reply 2 of 8, by Teppic

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DosFreak wrote:

1. It's not needed for games.

I see.

DosFreak wrote:

2. Host operating system is better for such a task.

I disagree :) XP's search system is extremely tedious, and it's much quicker to do a search within DOSBox rather than exit to find the right folder and do a search.

DosFreak wrote:

3. No one has provided a patch for this functionality.

I hope someone will. DOSBox feels incomplete without it.

Reply 3 of 8, by ADDiCT

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4DOS.

Reply 5 of 8, by MiniMax

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Even better: dir /s /b | findstr "dirname"

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Reply 6 of 8, by HunterZ

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OMG I didn't know about findstr. I've been downloading win32 ports of grep all this time 🤣.

Reply 7 of 8, by lightmaster

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i used ndos back in the day then became 4dos.

Reply 8 of 8, by Zorbid

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Tepic:

[Win Key]+R
Type "cmd" then [Return]
Be happy 😀

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