Ultimately, having a real-world problem to solve is a great way to dive in and learn some command line toolset skills, be it scripting, PowerShell, NT's CMD parameters, etc...
It generally is a better experience than just trying to force yourself to "learn in a vacuum". This is a pretty simple task that half a dozen different cmd-line tools can do... so pick one of the suggestions, spend some time learning how to solve this specific problem, and you'll have a much better grasp of how the syntax (often) works, and be better prepared to tackle the next prob. Just my un-requested 2 cents... -sc From: Mike French [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 9:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Finding Old files Agreed.... I'll whine about it, but inevitably the command line is where I'll end up. ________________________________ From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Finding Old files Too bad about the command line thing, there are so many things you can do in seconds from the command line that take everyone else hours to do via GUI. :-) Old school, rules :-) David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 -----Original Message----- From: Mike French [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 3:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Finding Old files It's Monday... It's odd that Micro$oft would have something that powerful built-in.. :> Been playing around with Robocopy to get this done. My (ab)users have surprised me with some creative folder structures, some of the levels are too deep and the paths too long...Nice. The command line gives me hives..... LOL! Thanks All! -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 5:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Finding Old files On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Mike French<[email protected]> wrote: > My google fu is not going well today. Anybody have a favorite utility > (preferably not just a script piped to a text file) that can search a > file server and filter the files based on last modified date? I'd use command line tools, but since you're allergic to that... Right-click folder, "Search". In "Search Options", enable the "Date" checkbox, select "between", fill in the date range you want, and click "Search Now". This assumes you have the %PROFANITY% animated dog turned off. (I swear that thing's a relative of Barney the dinosaur.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
