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You can use the DIR command by itself (just type “dir” at the Command Prompt) to list the files and folders in the current directory.
Substitute dir /A:D. /B /S > FolderList. txt to produce a list of all folders and all subfolders of the directory. WARNING: This can take a while if you have a large directory.
Browse to the folder containing the files you want to count. Highlight one of the files in that folder and press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + A to highlight all files and folders in that folder. In the Explorer status bar, you'll see how many files and folders are highlighted, as shown in the picture below.
The below post gives the solution for your scenario.
dir /s /b /o:gn
/S Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories.
/B Uses bare format (no heading information or summary).
/O List by files in sorted order.
Then in :gn, g sorts by folders and then files, and n puts those files in alphabetical order.
If you want to list folders and files like graphical directory tree, you should use tree command.
tree /f
There are various options for display format or ordering.
Check example output.
Answering late. Hope it help someone.
An addition to the answer: when you do not want to list the folders, only the files in the subfolders, use /A-D switch like this:
dir ..\myfolder /b /s /A-D /o:gn>list.txt
An alternative to the above commands that is a little more bulletproof.
It can list all files irrespective of permissions or path length.
robocopy "C:\YourFolderPath" "C:\NULL" /E /L /NJH /NJS /FP /NS /NC /B /XJ
I have a slight issue with the use of C:\NULL which I have written about in my blog
https://theitronin.com/bulletproofdirectorylisting/
But nevertheless it's the most robust command I know.
If you simply need to get the basic snapshot of the files + folders. Follow these baby steps:
cmd
dir -s
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