Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.
DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/P] [/W] [/D] [/A[[:]attributes]]
[/O[[:]sortorder]] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/S] [/B] [/L] [/N] [/X] [/C]
[drive:][path][filename]
Specifies drive, directory, and/or files to list.
/P Pauses after each screenful of information.
/W Uses wide list format.
/D Same as wide but files are list sorted by column.
/A Displays files with specified attributes.
attributes D Directories R Read-only files
H Hidden files A Files ready for archiving
S System files - Prefix meaning not
/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 (earliest first)
G Group directories first - Prefix to reverse order
/T Controls which time field displayed or used for sorting
timefield C Creation
A Last Access
W Last Written
/S Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories.
/B Uses bare format (no heading information or summary).
/L Uses lowercase.
/N New long list format where filenames are on the far right.
/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.
/C Display the thousand separator in file sizes. This is the
default. Use /-C to disable display of separator.
Switches may be preset in the DIRCMD environment variable. Override
preset switches by prefixing any switch with - (hyphen)--for example, /-W.