- It is the command used to display a list of files and folders contained inside the folder that we currently working in.
Syntax:
DIR [pathname(s)] [display_format] [file_attributes] [sorted] [time] [options]
Key:
[pathname] The drive, folder, and/or files to display, this can include wildcards:
* Match any characters
? Match any ONE character
[display_format]
/P Pause after each screen of data.
/W Wide List format, sorted horizontally.
/D Wide List format, sorted by vertical column.
[file_attributes] /A[:]attribute
/A:D Folder /A:-D NOT Folder
/A:R Read-only /A:-R NOT Read-only
/A:H Hidden /A:-H NOT Hidden
/A:A Archive /A:-A NOT Archive
/A:S System file /A:-S NOT System file
/A:I Not content indexed Files /A:-I NOT content indexed
/A:L Reparse Point /A:-L NOT Reparse Point (symbolic link)
/A:X No scrub file /A:-X Scrub file (Windows 8+)
/A:V Integrity /A:-V NOT Integrity (Windows 8+)
/A Show all files
Several attributes can be combined e.g. /A:HD-R
[sorted] Sorted by /O[:]sortorder
/O:N Name /O:-N Name
/O:S file Size /O:-S file Size
/O:E file Extension /O:-E file Extension
/O:D Date & time /O:-D Date & time
/O:G Group folders first /O:-G Group folders last
several attributes can be combined e.g. /O:GEN
[time] /T: the time field to display & use for sorting
/T:C Creation
/T:A Last Access
/T:W Last Written (default)
[options]
/S include all subfolders.
/R Display alternate data streams. (Vista and above)
/B Bare format (no heading, file sizes or summary).
/L use Lowercase.
/Q Display the owner of the file.
/N long list format where filenames are on the far right.
/X As for /N but with the short filenames included.
/C Include thousand separator in file sizes.
/-C Don’t include thousand separator in file sizes.
