PB-ListComPort (Legacy) View on GitHub
Introduction
A simple CLI tool that can list COM ports with their full name easily and cleanly.
This tool is intended to replace the tedious task of having to use the mode command, and the Device Manager to find a newly plugged-in device that provides a COM port.
The earliest version of Windows that can be used is Windows XP x64 or Windows Vista due to the fact that RegGetValueW is not available on older versions of Windows.
Usage
lscom.exe [-a|--show-all] [-d|--show-device] [-D <str>|--divider <str>] [-f|--show-friendly]
[-h|--help] [-n|--show-name-raw] [-P|--no-pretty] [-s|--sort] [-S|--sort-reverse]
[-t|--tab-padding] [-v|--version] [-V|--version-only]
Launch arguments:
-a, --show-all Display the complete port's name (Equal to '-dfn')
-d, --show-device Displays the port's device name
-D <str>, --divider <str> Uses the given string or char as a separator (Can be empty string !)
-f, --show-friendly Displays the port's friendly name
-h, --help Display this help text
-n, --show-name-raw Displays the port's raw name (See remarks section)
-P, --no-pretty Disables the pretty printing format (Equal to -D " ")
-s, --sort Sorts the port based on their raw names in an ascending order
-S, --sort-reverse Sorts the port based on their raw names in a descending order
-t, --tab-padding Use tabs for padding between the types of names (Overrides '-D')
-v, --version Shows the utility's version number and other info
-V, --version-only Shows the utility's version number only (Overrides '-v')
[-h|--help] [-n|--show-name-raw] [-P|--no-pretty] [-s|--sort] [-S|--sort-reverse]
[-t|--tab-padding] [-v|--version] [-V|--version-only]
Launch arguments:
-a, --show-all Display the complete port's name (Equal to '-dfn')
-d, --show-device Displays the port's device name
-D <str>, --divider <str> Uses the given string or char as a separator (Can be empty string !)
-f, --show-friendly Displays the port's friendly name
-h, --help Display this help text
-n, --show-name-raw Displays the port's raw name (See remarks section)
-P, --no-pretty Disables the pretty printing format (Equal to -D " ")
-s, --sort Sorts the port based on their raw names in an ascending order
-S, --sort-reverse Sorts the port based on their raw names in a descending order
-t, --tab-padding Use tabs for padding between the types of names (Overrides '-D')
-v, --version Shows the utility's version number and other info
-V, --version-only Shows the utility's version number only (Overrides '-v')
Output formatting
*┬> No launch arguments:
└──> ${Raw name} => COM1
*┬> '-d' or '-f'
├──> ${Device name} => \Device\Serial1
└──> ${Friendly name} => Communications Port
*┬> '-d' and '-f'
└──> ${Friendly name} [${Device name}] => Communications Port [\Device\Serial1]
*┬> '-n' and '-d'
└──> ${Raw name} [$DeviceName] => COM1 [\Device\Serial1]
*┬> '-n' and '-f'
└──> ${Raw name} - ${Friendly name} => COM1 - Communications Port
*┬> '-ndf' or '-a'
└──> ${Raw name} - ${Friendly name} [${Device name}] => COM1 - Communications Port [\Device\Serial1]
*┬> '-ndfp' or '-ap'
└──> ${Raw name} ${Friendly name} ${Device name} => COM1 Communications Port \Device\Serial1
*┬> '-ndfD ";"' or '-aD ";"'
└──> ${Raw name};${Friendly name};${Device name} => COM1;Communications Port;\Device\Serial1
└──> ${Raw name} => COM1
*┬> '-d' or '-f'
├──> ${Device name} => \Device\Serial1
└──> ${Friendly name} => Communications Port
*┬> '-d' and '-f'
└──> ${Friendly name} [${Device name}] => Communications Port [\Device\Serial1]
*┬> '-n' and '-d'
└──> ${Raw name} [$DeviceName] => COM1 [\Device\Serial1]
*┬> '-n' and '-f'
└──> ${Raw name} - ${Friendly name} => COM1 - Communications Port
*┬> '-ndf' or '-a'
└──> ${Raw name} - ${Friendly name} [${Device name}] => COM1 - Communications Port [\Device\Serial1]
*┬> '-ndfp' or '-ap'
└──> ${Raw name} ${Friendly name} ${Device name} => COM1 Communications Port \Device\Serial1
*┬> '-ndfD ";"' or '-aD ";"'
└──> ${Raw name};${Friendly name};${Device name} => COM1;Communications Port;\Device\Serial1