FINDING LOST FILE WITH THE DIR COMMAND 100LX

I knew I put a file on the HP 100LX's RAM disk, but I couldn't remember it's exact name or location. I was looking for a good file finder program to help me track down the file when I remembered that I could use DOS 5.0's version of DIR to do the job.

For example, I remembered that the missing filename began with "U". I pressed (&...) DOS to exit to the DOS prompt. I then type c: (ENTER) cd\ (ENTER) to make sure I'm in the root directory of the C drive. I then type dir u*.* /s /p and press (ENTER). This command tells DOS to list all files that start with U in all subdirectories beneath the root directory and pause every full screen.

Ed Keefe

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