| Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.
DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/B] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N] [drive:][path][filename] | |
| /A | Displays files with specified attributes. |
| attributes | D Directories R Read-only files H Hidden files A Files ready for archiving S System files I Not content indexed files L Reparse Points - Prefix meaning not |
| /B | Uses bare format (no heading information or summary). |
| /C | Display the thousand separator in file sizes. This is the default. Use /-C to disable display of separator. |
| /D | Same as wide but files are list sorted by column. |
| /L | Uses lowercase. |
| /N | New long list format where filenames are on the far right. |
| /O | List by files in sorted order. |
| sortorder | N By name (alphabetic) S By size (smallest first) E By extension (alphabetic) D By date/time (oldest first) G Group directories first - Prefix to reverse order |
| /P | Pauses after each screenful of information. |
| /Q | Display the owner of the file. |
| /R | Display alternate data streams of the file. |
| /S | Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories. |
| /T | Controls which time field displayed or used for sorting |
| timefield | C Creation A Last Access W Last Written |
| /W | Uses wide list format. |
| /X | This displays the short names generated for non-8dot3 file names. The format is that of /N with the short name inserted before the long name. If no short name is present, blanks are displayed in its place. |
| /4 | Displays four-digit years |
| Switches may be preset in the DIRCMD environment variable. Override preset switches by prefixing any switch with - (hyphen)--for example, /-W. |
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