command for searching pcs on network

[Jan Springer]

I am looking for a command that i can run from my server
to search pc's on the network for specific files. We
have over 400 pc's so one at a time is very tedious.

thank you

 

[Jerold Schulman]

I am looking for a command that i can run from my server
to search pc's on the network for specific files. We
have over 400 pc's so one at a time is very tedious.

thank you

If you built a file of computer names (like mycomputers.txt), you could

for /f "Tokens=*" %%c in (mycomputers.txt) do :search %%c
....
....
Exit /b 0
:search
for /f "Tokens=*" %%a in ('dir \\%1\*.* /s^|Findstr "the file") do (
whatever you want to do when it is found
)

I'm sure an even better way could be found if you specified exactly what you
were looking for and what you do when you find it.


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Matt Hickman]

If you built a file of computer names (like mycomputers.txt), you could

for /f "Tokens=*" %%c in (mycomputers.txt) do :search %%c

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Rather than maintaining a list, it may be easier to put
all the computer accounts into group and and enumerating them
using a "net group" command. I think this would more likely be
maintained.