find file with command prompt

[Guest]

Hi,

I am writing a script to do some routine maintenance and I need to find
files with the command prompt. I was reading the help page for the "find"
command and I am a little confused. If I need to find a file on my Unix
machine I type:

find . -name filename

What would be the equivalent in a command prompt in Windows XP? How about
searching with other properties (creation date, size, etc?) Thank you.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

You can use the 'dir' cammand to find files from a command prompt. Type

dir /?

at the command prompt for list of the switches available.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your advice, but dir is not recursive, is it? If I type "find"
in Unix it will look in all directories and subdirectories in the path
specified. Can dir do the same?

Thanks

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Does the /S switch do what you want?

 

[Guest]

That works, I missed it! Many thanks.

Hi

Does the /S switch do what you want?

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