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fastest way to find list of files in a huge windows directory tree
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To find a list of files in a huge Windows directory tree, one of the fastest ways is to use the command-line tool called dir
. Here's an example command that you can run in Command Prompt:
bashdir /s /b "C:\path\to\directory" > files.txt
This command recursively lists all files (/s
) in the specified directory and its subdirectories, and outputs only the file paths (/b
) to the files.txt
file.
By using the /s
and /b
options, you can avoid unnecessary formatting and metadata retrieval, which can greatly speed up the process when dealing with a large directory tree.
You can then process the files.txt
file in your preferred programming language or text editor to further analyze or manipulate the list of files as needed.