Print a tree structure

This post is a bit old but since Google still directs us to it, I'm adding the solution to retrieve the complete tree structure that I found on http://poilux.free.fr/Guide/arbre/arbre.htm (thanks to the author!):

To retrieve the tree structure of a directory and save it in a text file (for printing, for example)

Here’s a solution based on a DOS command that I found on a forum

Create a new file fichier.txt

example: Arborescence.txt

Copy or paste into it:

tree /f /a > Arbre.txt (tree or another name) be sure to respect the spaces for it to work properly.

Save it with an implicit name and especially replace the .txt ending with .bat

example: Arborescence.bat

Very important:

Place this Arborescence.bat file in the directory to retrieve the folders and files
Click on Arborescence.bat
A text file named Arbre.txt (or the name you chose) is created automatically
Open it to view the folder and file structure.

Hi,

when I had to do this, I used screenshot.
If you have photo editing software like Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop, it's really easy, and you get exactly what's on the screen..........

Another idea in DOS command: "tree /f /a > Arbre.txt"
to put in a TXT file renamed to .BAT, and placed in the desired folder.
You will also have the names of the files.
It takes more or less time depending on the number of folders and files to list.

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Here, I'll give you the complete solution:

DIR/A/B/C/D/L/N/O/P/Q/S/T/W/X/4 > Arbre.txt

Be careful: make sure to place the .bat file in the directory you want to scan, otherwise it will scan your whole PC :-)

By playing with the letters, you'll find some amazing surprises

Numa

Thank you numa, your tip is perfect!

There is also the free program "<b>RepPrinter</b>" which allows saving in RTF format and therefore reprocessing to Excel

I prefer it by far to Replisting which doesn't work for me, and to the given solution that also doesn't work when the ".bat" file is placed on a network NAS and launched from that NAS.

With RepPrinter, no issues: even network NAS works if they are previously connected using the utility provided with the NAS (Synology in my case).

Thank you for your response profadom, but as I mentioned, there are over 400 files... and I seriously doubt that your solution can be applied in this kind of case... moreover, I don't know what kind of file explorer you are using... but for me, I don't have the file name in the left tree of Windows Explorer... consequently, I don't have the sizes or the dates of the last modifications either.

Regarding Numa's response! I thought it would be the right solution, but no :( it stops at the first branch... so it's of no use... unless you can come up with something to make it traverse all branches completely...

In fact, it would be necessary to combine the tree and dir functions... if there isn't a parameter in the tree function to include the date of the last modification as well as the size. Or another parameter in the dir function to... anyway, if you have any other ideas, I'm all ears, thank you! :)

Hello,

Another solution:

Use my script to obtain all this information in Excel format.

(copy/paste into a text file and name the file Excel-Tree.VBS)

http://www.oricom.ca/lupin/document/excelvbs.txt

or if you prefer, there is a software called REPLISTING
that does the job as well (Google).

Lupin

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super numa, it works perfectly

DIR/W/N/4/S/-C > folder_content.txt

The command that displays the files in the folder