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The DOS Equivalent Of The Norton Find File Co
DocumentID: 642872
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:18:48 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: DOS Equivalent of the Norton FIND FILE for those customers who know that file is "out there somewhere."

Many customers "lose" files on their hard disk, and without a utility such as WHEREIS or Norton Utilities FIND FILE, must resort to manually listing each directory or at best, using the DOS utility TREE to locate the missing file. BUT... here is a way to locate that missing file using ONLY DOS COMMANDS.

1.      Verify that CHKDSK.COM, MORE.COM and FIND.EXE are in the DOS directory or included in the search path.

2.      Run a check disk (CHKDSK) to ensure that there are no problems on the system. If problems are encountered the Find command will not function correctly.

3.      Type chkdsk/v | find "" (the filename must be in all caps)
An example would be:
      chkdsk/v | find "WP.EXE"

      If you use the /I option, the filename does not need to be in all caps. (chkdsk/v | find /i "")

The results to this command should look like this:
C:\DOS>chkdsk/v | find "WP.EXE"
C:\WP50\WP.EXE
C:\WP42\WP.EXE
C:\TEMP\WP.EXE

Note: the file name does not have to be exact and should be typed in all caps. As long as at least a portion of the name is given all occurances of that form will be listed (DOS wildcard characters cannot be used). Be sure to type the file name with in quotes and in all CAPS. (The | command is generally accessed by pressing Shift-\. It can be described as the elongated colon.)

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