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Dir (Dos Command)In computer software, specifically the command line interface (CLI) of the DOS operating system, dir is a command used for file and directory listing. It is analogous to the Unix ls command. dir has existed as a DOS command since the initial release of MS-DOS. It is built in to the DOS command shell; in contrast, ls is a standalone program. Syntax dir <options> <filelist> Options Particular implementations of the DOS operating system may provide more options; these are only the most common. -
/w : Wide list format -
/p : Pause at every page -
/s : Also look in subdirectories -
/axx : Display files with the specified attributes only -
/oxx : Modifies sort order Sample listing This sample is taken from a Windows 2000 implementation of the MS-DOS CLI. C:\>dir Volume in drive C is MAIN W2K Volume Serial Number is 2326-30E6 Directory of C:\ 11/17/2001 09:40p 257,787 INF000.SWP 04/16/2002 10:12p 446 VIRUSLOG.TXT 05/19/2002 04:34p filelib 11/22/2001 05:17p 228 BOOT.BAD 11/22/2001 05:10p 1,663 MSDOS.BAD 12/09/2001 09:07a 8,681 SCANDISK.LOG 11/22/2001 05:40p 1,775 MSDOS.SYS 01/03/2002 12:05a eBooks 11/22/2001 04:59p 185 BOOT.w98 11/22/2001 05:12p 253 BOOT.w2k 03/08/2002 02:08p WINNT 11/22/2001 02:17p Games 11/17/2001 10:04p Documents and Settings 05/12/2002 05:57p dostemp 10/14/2001 09:51a Downloads 08/01/2002 07:15p 160 AUTOEXEC.BAT 12/09/2001 05:24p Backup 10/14/2001 09:25a MSDOS7 09/30/2002 03:48p cygwin 11/25/2002 03:02a My Documents 03/08/2002 02:45p Program Files 03/31/2002 07:41p Temp 9 File(s) 2,674,060 bytes 16 Dir(s) 2,672,476,160 bytes free
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