AutoCAD Tips to Use File Management Utilities in AutoCAD and DOS

January 14th, 2009

Here is an AutoCAD Tips to Use File Management Utilities in AutoCAD and DOS. This AutoCAD Tips / AutoCAD 2004 Tips will let us know how to Use File Management Utilities in AutoCAD and DOS. And now here are for some file management tips. Have you ever wanted to get a USABLE text file of your folders contents? Well that operating system that rules 80% of the free world doesn’t have a utility to create this type of simple list. AutoCAD 2004 does! From the ACAD menu pull-down, go to Utilities and use the “File Lister” utility. There are several pre-set extensions to choose from. Un-check all the listing to include all file types. Choose if you want the path or subfolders and Tada! A usable ASCI II text file of your files.

Those of you without ACAD 2004 will have to use the print screen function to capture a static image of your Windows Explorer screen in Paint, save it as a BMP or JPG file. Useless for manipulating in Excel or a text editer by the way. You could also resort to a DOS prompt and switches! Yea, DOS in a Windows operating system (sometimes referred to as smoke and mirrors over a DOS operating system. Spend some time sifting through your Start bar to find the MSDOS icon and then navigate to the folder you want a text file of it’s contents. You will have to use the CD (for change directory) string to get there. I’m sure a used bookstore would have an old DOS 6.0 book if you don’t know how to navigate without Windows. Once you have typed to your directory you can use these instructions to create the file needed.

Available switches:

WIDE SORT SORT ORDER PAUSE NO DIR SORT NAME
DIR_ /W_ /O_ /S _ /P_ /B _ /ON

[/W SWITCH CREATES A WIDE FORMAT]

Example: DIR_*.DWG_/O_/S_/P

Example: DIR_*.DWG_/O_/S

To print to a file
“Use one of the Examples above” > (FILE NAME [DRAWINGS.TXT]) OR [DWG-LOG.TXT]

Example: DIR_*.DWG_/O_/S_/P>DRAWINGS.txt

“Use one of the Examples above” >> (SAME FILE NAME, APPENDS ORIGINAL FILE [>>]

Example: DIR_*.DWG_/O_/S_/P>>DRAWINGS.txt

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