Converting search results into a text file

[Jim VW]

Is there a utility out there that will convert the results
of a file search into a text file (of the file names)?
Thanks.

 

[Harshit Agarwal [MSFT]]

Could you be more specific?

Not sure but are you talking about things like:
dir foo.* /s

if so, you could stream the results into a file by:
dir foo.* /s/b > filename.txt

 

[Carrie Garth \(MVP\)]

Hi Jim,

There is no built-in way to do print the results of a search using Windows Explorer.
However, if you have Microsoft Office, and have Outlook's Advanced Find component
installed, you can use it for your search and then print the table list of results by
choosing [Menu bar] File > Print. To start Advanced Find, click the Start button >
Search > Using Microsoft Outlook.

A second option would be to follow the tip in the newsgroup post below to create a
shortcut in your Send To folder with a target of: %comspec% /cecho>>d:\sendto.log.
NOTE: The tip assumes you have a D:\ drive. If you do not, change d:\sendto.log to
c:\sendto.log (or a valid path of your choice). Then, after running your search
right-click each file listed in "Search Results", click Send To, and click the
shortcut you made using Ritchie's tip. Then you will have the results in the
sendto.log.

----- Begin Original Message -----
From: "Ritchie" <qiournvdlirhjgiuhdiuh345 AT hotmail DOT com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: Pipe arguments from Drag&Drop to a file (Beginner)
Google Link to thread:
http://www.google.com/groups?&[email protected]

<SNIP>
No need for a batch file - go to your SendTo folder (%userprofile%\sendto),
and create a new shortcut. Run through the sad wizard and pick anything.
Then right-click the new shortcut, choose properties and change the 'Target'
property to:-

%comspec% /cecho>>d:\sendto.log

You might also want to change the 'Run' property to 'Minimized'.
Now every file or folder you sendto your new shortcut will be added
to d:\sendto.log

Sorry, I can't explain how it works.

----- End Original Message -----

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Carrie Garth, Microsoft MVP for Windows 2000
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: "Jim VW" <jim.vanwickler AT lmco DOT com>
: Wrote in message : Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 10:38 AM
: After searching for files containing a specific text
: string in Explorer, I would like to save the results of
: that search (the file names) into a txt file. Thanks.

 

[Bjorn Mistiaen]

I tried this and it works:

- Make the search.
- Select all files.
- Right click + Add to zip (WinZip)
- Let WinZip add the files.
- In WinZip menu: File --> Print
- As printer, you choose "Adobe PDF Writer" (free download at www.adobe.com)
- Open the resulting PDF file.
- With the text selection tool, you select all the text and copy it.
- Paste it into a text editor + save.
- You're done.

 

[Bjorn Mistiaen]

I tried this and it works:

- Make the search.
- Select all files.
- Right click + Add to zip (WinZip)
- Let WinZip add the files.
- In WinZip menu: File --> Print
- As printer, you choose "Adobe PDF Writer" (free download at www.adobe.com)
- Open the resulting PDF file.
- With the text selection tool, you select all the text and copy it.
- Paste it into a text editor + save.
- You're done.