Locate and display files in a directory tree.
The WHERE command is roughly equivalent to the UNIX 'which' command. By default, the search is done in the current directory
and in the PATH.
Syntax
WHERE [/r Dir] [/q] [/f] [/t] Pattern ...
key
/r A recursive search, starting with the specified Dir directory.
/q Don't display the files but return either an exit code of 0 for success
or 1 for failure.
/f Display the output file name in quotation marks.
/t Display the size, time stamp, and date stamp of the file.
/e Report the executable type.
pattern The name of a folder, file, or set of files to be found.
you can use wildcard characters ( ? * ) and UNC paths.
As an alternative to this command you can use this 90-character batch file:
@for %%e in (%PATHEXT%) do @for %%i in (%1%%e) do @if NOT "%%~$PATH:i"=="" echo %%~$PATH:i
(from the OldNewthing blog)
Examples
Find all files named 'Zappa' in drive C: (including subdirectories)
WHERE /r c:\ Zappa
Find all files named 'Zappa' on the remote computer 'Server1' searching
its subdirectories, and reporting the executable type for executable files
WHERE /r \\Server1\Share1 /e Zappa.*
"Who never walks, save where he sees men's tracks, makes no discoveries" - Josiah Gilbert Holland
Related:
CD - Change Directory
TYPE - Display the contents of a text file
Equivalent bash command (Linux):
which - Show full path of commands
