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and obtain a list of the file names and individual page counts per pdf or tiff file:
While this is extremely useful and rapid, the entire file listing or a selection can
also be exported to various file formats, including the file names, page count
and complete paths. This information can be useful for creating loadfiles,
overlays, and for automating hyperlinking functions, etc.
FILE NAME LIST
While there are a variety of ways to automate creating a file list from a folder,
including some discussed herein, one simple method available in Windows
is Windows PowerShell.
If you're not from an IT background, this may be new. PowerShell is
a task automation tool from Microsoft with a command line interpreter – it
executes the command entered, so long as you know the language.
One such command is "List Files". To obtain a listing of the file names
in a folder or subfolder in .txt format, follow these simple steps:
1. In Windows Explorer,
navigate to the folder in which
the file name list is required.
Hold the Shift key and right
click on that folder, select the
"Open PowerShell Window
Here" option:
2. Enter the following command in the PowerShell window and
press Enter:
cmd /r dir/b >listnames.txt
