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 ...
WHERE [/q] [/f] [/t] [$ENV: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.
pattern The Drive\Directory\file, or set of files to be found.
you can use wildcard characters ( ? * ) and UNC paths.
ENV Path to search where ENV is an existing environment variable containing one or more paths.
By default, WHERE searches the current directory and the paths specified in the PATH environment variable. Optional search paths (in pattern) should not be used in conjunction with /r Dir.
Examples
Find all files named 'Zappa' in the current system path
WHERE Zappa
Find all files named 'Zappa' on the remote computer 'Server64' searching
its subdirectories:
WHERE /r \\Server64\Share1 Zappa.*
“Who never walks, save where he sees men's tracks, makes no discoveries” ~ Josiah Gilbert Holland
Related:
Which.cmd - Show full path to executable.
whereis utility - Flounder.com
Which - Rob Vanderwoude (Batch/Perl/VBScript)
OldNewthing - which batch file + discussion
CD - Change Directory
TYPE - Display the contents of a text file
Equivalent bash command (Linux): which - Show full path of commands
Equivalent PowerShell cmdlet: (get-command $file).Definition