Recursive directory listing in DOS (or Windows CMD prompt)

Found this resource during a data recovery and found it very helpful.  Mirroring here.

Recursive list of directory from CMD or DOS

By: PrometheusUnbound
February 22, 2010To recursively list a directory from the CMD prompt or DOS, use the xcopy command.

Let’s say I want to list C:\Documents and Settings\Joe Blow

Go to a different directory, say C:\Documents and Settings

xcopy “C:\Documents and Settings\Joe Blow\*.*” /E /L /Y >>file.lst

The /E will recurse, the /L will LIST instead of copying /Y will suppress xcopy from asking you if you want to overwrite file.lst.

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