How to Find Directory by Date in CMD - Active Directory Tools

You can use the following syntax in Command Prompt (CMD) to search for directories by date:

forfiles /P "directory_path" /S /D +date /C "cmd /c if @isdir==TRUE echo @path"

In this example, the command will search for directories that were modified on or after the specified date within the given path and its subdirectories.

Note: The /P flag specifies the path, the /S flag specifies to search all subdirectories, and the /D flag specifies the date. The +date format means on or after the specified date.

The following example shows how to use this syntax in practice.

Example: How to Find Directory by Date in CMD

Suppose that we want to search for directories that were modified on or after January 1, 2023, within the following path:

C:\Users\admin\Documents\cmd_script

We can type the following command to search for the directories:

forfiles /P "C:\Users\admin\Documents\cmd_script" /S /D +01/01/2023 /C "cmd /c if @isdir==TRUE echo @path"

Output: 👇️

CMD - find directory by date — CMD – find directory by date

We can see that the command searches for directories modified on or after January 1, 2023, within C:\Users\admin\Documents\cmd_script and its subdirectories, displaying the full path of any matching directories.

Note: You can use the forfiles command followed by the path and the date to search for directories by date on your system.

Conclusion

I hope the above article on finding directories by date in CMD is helpful to you.

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