Wildcards in explorer

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michael

Hi,

I am using: Windows Explorer (Microsoft® Windows® Operating System) on Windows XP Service Pack 2 build 2600, and I have the following question:

In the old DOS days, I could just do:

C:\> Dir *.txt

to see only text files.

How do I do that while browsing a directory in Explorer?

Thanks,

Michael.
 
You can't do exactly what you have asked, but you can use the view menu >
arrange icons by, select type and show groups. this will separate the files
into groups so that all your .txt files are together.

Good luck
Martin
 
The same way in a command prompt. Dir *.txt still works.

[[Using wildcards
You can use wildcards (that is, ? and *) to display a list of a subset of
files and subdirectories. ]]
From...
Dir
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/dir.mspx

To open a command prompt...
Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK

Or use *.txt in Search.

Using wildcard characters
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...ll/proddocs/en-us/find_c_search_wildcard.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
Use "Search".
Look in toolbar menu area.
Click "Search".
I think you can do the rest.
OR
Start>Run> dir *.txt make sure enter drive\directory you want in command
OR
Start>Accessories>Command prompt same detail as above

"Search" feature also available in My computer
 
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