How to get a list of binaries located in particular folder with their versions (using command line in Win XP) ?

Question

I would like to get a list like below:

a.dll 1.0.0

b.dll 1.0.1

c.dll 1.0.2

Answer 1

I have been using the following JScript code for this task for a long time:

var args = WScript.Arguments;
if (1 != args.Length) 
{
    print ("usage: fver <filename>");
    WScript.Quit(1);
}

var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var fldr = fso.GetFolder(args(0));

var files = new Enumerator(fldr.Files);
for (; !files.atEnd(); files.moveNext()) 
{
   var f = files.item();
   var ver = getver(f.Name);
   if (ver) 
   {
      print(f.Name + "\t" + ver);
   }
}


function getver(filename)
{
    try
    {
     return fso.GetFileVersion(filename);
    }
    catch (ex) 
    {
     print("#error: " + ex.description)
    }
}

function print (msg)
{
    var cout = WScript.StdOut;
    cout.WriteLine(msg);
}

Just give it a handy filename, my one is called fver.js and put it to a folder that is listed in your %PATH% environment variable. Then you can type in the following command:

C:\your\folder\>cscript fver.js .

or, if you want to save typing, you can tell the ms script host that you want to use the console script runtime in the future once and for all:

C:\>cscript /h:cscript /nologo /s

The /s switch will save your preference and the next time you execute a script (.js or .vbs), cscript.exe will be called:

C:\your\folder\>fver.js .

The code has dependecy for the COM object Scripting.FileSystemObject, it is a part of microsoft scripting runtime, and ships with all windows versions now.