Command: dir

  DIR displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.

Syntax:

  DIR [drive][path][filename] [/P] [/W] [/A[[:]attributes]]
      [/O[[:]sortorder]] [/S] [/B] [/L] [/Y] [/?]
      drive     The drive letter, e.g. C:
      path      The directory, e.g. \example\
      filename  The file to display, e.g. test.txt
                [drive][path][filename]
                Specifiy drive, directory, and/or files to list. (Could
                be enhanced file specification or multiple filespecs.)

Options:

  /P  Displays one page of the listing at a time
  /W  Displays the listing in wide format
  /A:attributes  
      Displays only the files and directories with the specified
      attributes. Default is /a:hsdar. You may use the following 
      for attributes:
        h | -h  Hidden files                -h files that are not hidden
        s | -s  System files                -s files that are not system 
                                               files
        d | -d  Directories                 -d files
        a | -a  Files with the archive      -a files without the archive
                bit                            bit
        r | -r  Read-only files             -r files that are not 
                                               read-only
  /O:sortorder   
      Displays the listing in the specified order. Default is /O:g. 
      You may use the following to specify the sort order:
        a | -a  Alphabetically (A-Z)        -a Alphabetically (Z-A)
        e | -e  By extension A-Z            -e Extension (Z-A)
        d | -d  By date and time            -d Date/time in reverse order.
        s | -s  By size (smallest-biggest)  -s Size (biggest-smallest)
        g | -g  Group directories first     -g Group directories last.
  /S  Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories.
  /B  Uses bare format (no heading information or summary).
      This lists one name per line
  /L  Displays names in lowercase
  /Y or /4  
      Display 4-digit year.
  /?  Shows the help.

Comments:

  To customize the default appearance for dir, use the DIRCMD environment 
  variable. For instance:
    SET DIRCMD=/w/p
  To override something set in DIRCMD, use a hypen ("-") on that switch 
  at the command line. (for example /-w)
  DIR is a command internal to command.com and needs no other file
  in order to work.

Examples:

  dir c:\example /p
  dir c:\example /w
  dir c:\example /O: a
  dir c:\fdos | more

See also:

  set

  Copyright © 1998 Jim Hall, updated 2007 by W. Spiegl.

  This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
  See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.