create-file-list.bat

CHCP 65001
@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
COLOR 0A
TITLE CREATE DIRECTORY FILE LIST

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REM THIS WILL OUTPUT A LIST OF ALL THE FILES IN THE CURRENT DIRECTORY
REM EITHER BY RIGHT CLICKING ON A FOLDER OR SELECTING THE FOLDER BACKGROUND
REM AND CHOOSING THE CONTEXT MENU "Create File List".

REM YOU MUST DOWNLOAD THE MATCHING REG FILE BELOW AND RUN IT TO INSTALL
REM THE CONTEXT MENU THAT WORKS IN HARMONY WITH THIS SCRIPT.

REM ADD CONTEXT MENU REG SCRIPT = https://pastebin.com/rabhZnk0
REM REMOVE CONTEXT MENU REG SCRIPT = https://pastebin.com/g0nngeKj

REM !INSTRUCTIONS!: PLACE THIS SCRIPT ANYWHERE IN YOUR FILES AND COPY IT'S
REM FULL PATH INTO THE REGISTRY FILE LISTED ABOVE SO IT CONTAINS MATCHING VALUES.

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REM DEFINE SOME VARS
SET OUTFILE="%TMP%\file-list.txt"
SET TRIMFILE="%TMP%\trim.ps1"
REM CHANGE THIS TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS
SET EDITOR="%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\notepad++.exe"

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REM DELTE ANY LEFTOVER FILES
IF EXIST %OUTFILE% DEL /Q %OUTFILE% %TRIMFILE%

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REM CREATE FILE LIST IN DOWNLOADS FOLDER
DIR /B %1 /A:D /-P /O:N > %OUTFILE%

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REM CREATE TEMPORARY PS1 SCRIPT TO TRIM ANY TRAILING LINES IN THE OUTPUT TXT FILE
(
ECHO $RemoveEOFBlank = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText^(%OUTFILE%^)
ECHO $RemoveEOFBlank = $RemoveEOFBlank.Trim^(^)
ECHO [System.IO.File]::WriteAllText^(%OUTFILE%, $RemoveEOFBlank^)
)>%TRIMFILE%

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REM IMPORANT! DO NOT USE THE START COMMAND TO CALL THE POWERSHELL SCRIPT
"%ProgramFiles%\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe" -NoP -W H -Exe Bypass -C ". %TRIMFILE% %OUTFILE%"

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REM OPEN WITH NPP
START "" /MAX %EDITOR% %OUTFILE%