Windows 10: How to write a dir output to a file without trailing new line?

Discus and support How to write a dir output to a file without trailing new line? in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hello ExpertsWhen I run the below command, it creates a bat file with trailing new linedir /r /s /b setup.exe > installMe.batinstallMe.bat content is... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by AmitGholap, Apr 25, 2022.

  1. AMITGHOLAP
    AmitGholap Win User

    How to write a dir output to a file without trailing new line?


    Hello ExpertsWhen I run the below command, it creates a bat file with trailing new linedir /r /s /b setup.exe > installMe.batinstallMe.bat content is as belowC:\temp\folder1\setup.exe then there is a newline hereI dont want newline in the installMe.bat, since later, I want to concat some parameters to this bat file and later launch it.Please help.Br

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    AmitGholap, Apr 25, 2022
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  2. MIKEINCOUSA
    mikeincousa Win User

    dir Difficulties

    I am getting the hang of this command set.

    Maybe somebody know a work around that will list the three time stamps at one time.
    Theoretically dir /TC /TA /TW.
    dir will only show one of the three at one time.

    To me it seems that the only way to get all three on a line is to run loop with output to file, then boiling down the three outputs to one line. Clumsy but maybe the only way to get the job done?

    Thanks for any suggestions.
     
    mikeincousa, Apr 25, 2022
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  3. INEUW
    ineuw Win User
    "dir" output file list encoding is wrong

    A big thank you. That is also great help. I am not versed using PS. @Try3, The image files and folders were named by French speaking people, so accents are "de rigueur". *Smile But the naming was done on a French language version in Windows 10 1909 in Canada. Which I believe is UTF-16.

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    Here are the screenshots of the file explorer and the output using UTF-8 or ANSI. I also tried DOS,

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    I used "cmd /u" to discover that the encoding is Unicode. Thanks to all, I got what I needed.
     
    ineuw, Apr 25, 2022
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  4. MAXIM__S
    maxim__s Win User

    How to write a dir output to a file without trailing new line?

    Bug: cannot rename the file/dir to a name starting with "."

    Just try to create, using Explorer GUI, a new dir with the name starting with "."

    Surely it will, as usually in Windows, create "New Folder" and then rename to the new name.

    And the rename step fails with the error of "Rename: You must type a file name"

    "md" and "move" from the command line work fine.
     
    maxim__s, Apr 25, 2022
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