Where Command In Windows Server 2008

Posted in Operating System | Command line references on September 20, 2019

In this article I am going to explain about where Command in Windows Server 2008 and also explain it's related syntax.

Introduction

It is used to displays the location of files that match the assign search pattern.

Syntax

where [/r <Dir>] [/q] [/f] [/t] [$<ENV>:|<Path>:]<Pattern>[ ...]

Parameter	Description
/r <Dir>	Indicates a recursive search, starting with the specified directory.
/q	Returns an exit code (0 for success, 1 for failure) without displaying the list of matched files.
/f	Displays the results of the where command in quotation marks.
/t	Displays the file size and the last modified date and time of each matched file.
[$<ENV>:\|<Path>:]<Pattern>[ ...]	Specifies the search pattern for the files to match. At least one pattern is required, and the pattern can include wildcard characters (* and ?). By default, where searches the current directory and the paths that are specified in the PATH environment variable. You can specify a different path to search by using the format $ENV:Pattern (where ENV is an existing environment variable containing one or more paths) or by using the format Path:Pattern (where Path is the directory path you want to search). These optional formats should not be used with the /r command-line option.
/?	Displays help at the command prompt.

Example

It is used to find all files named Test in drive C and its subdirectories, type:

where /r c:\ test

It is used to make list of all files in the Public directory, type:

where $public:*.*

It is used to find all files named Notepad in drive C of the remote computer and its subdirectories, type:

where /r \\computer1\c notepad.*

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