File and directory listing Command Line Interface (CLI) command used in the DOS operating system.
Sample Listing
This sample happens to be taken from a Microsoft Windows 2000 implementation of the MS-DOS CLI.
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.
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 <DIR> 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
11/22/2001 03:35p 0 Config.ctl
01/03/2002 12:05a <DIR> eBooks
11/22/2001 04:59p 185 BOOT.w98
04/25/2002 10:42p 18,968 debug8.txt
11/28/2002 10:00p 113 test.txt
11/22/2001 05:12p 253 BOOT.w2k
03/08/2002 02:08p <DIR> Virtual CDs
11/22/2001 02:17p <DIR> Games
11/17/2001 10:04p <DIR> Documents and Settings
05/12/2002 05:57p <DIR> dostemp
04/01/2001 02:13p <DIR> My Music
10/14/2001 09:51a <DIR> Downloads
05/18/2002 05:32p <DIR> Batch
05/25/2002 09:21p <DIR> dosprog
08/01/2002 07:15p 160 [[autoexec.bat|AUTOEXEC.BAT]]
11/22/2001 11:32p 438 Desktop.lnk
03/13/2002 03:47p 623 INSTALL.LOG
06/06/2002 09:46p 4,514 NetDiag.log
11/22/2001 03:44p 72 CONFIG.001
06/06/2002 10:01p <DIR> version
12/09/2001 05:24p <DIR> Backup
10/14/2001 09:25a <DIR> MSDOS7
11/18/2002 03:55a 14,040 mdebug.log
07/29/2002 10:57p <DIR> _gimp1.2
01/26/2002 12:57a 0 update.inf
06/06/2002 10:01p <DIR> noversion
06/11/2002 03:02a <DIR> DrWatson
06/18/2002 10:55p <DIR> OttoAndIris
07/05/2002 01:01p <DIR> vortapps
07/08/2002 01:58p <DIR> Active Worlds
07/23/2002 02:03p <DIR> Download Favorites
07/29/2002 04:57p <DIR> - my pix
08/18/2002 07:22p <DIR> Inetpub
09/25/2002 10:14p <DIR> FOUND.000
09/30/2002 03:48p <DIR> [[cygwin]]
09/30/2002 06:22p 57 cygwin.bat
10/04/2002 04:05p <DIR> FOUND.001
10/09/2002 02:43p 2,865 test
11/04/2002 07:52p <DIR> My Downloads
10/13/2002 02:30p <DIR> mysql
12/12/2002 12:24a <DIR> WG0A5.TMP
10/29/2002 07:52a <DIR> test1
11/25/2002 03:02a <DIR> My Documents
11/29/2002 01:03p <DIR> testdir
03/31/2002 02:35a <DIR> My Music - Morality Issues
11/22/2002 03:50p <DIR> My Music - Writable CD Data
12/12/2002 12:36a <DIR> WG0A4.TMP
12/13/2002 12:56a <DIR> FOUND.002
03/08/2002 02:41p <DIR> WINNT
03/08/2002 02:45p <DIR> Program Files
03/25/2002 11:00p 2,359,350 computer lake.bmp
03/27/2002 09:36p <DIR> Program FilesdBpowerAMP
03/30/2002 10:48p 126 AurealDelUS.bat
03/31/2002 07:41p <DIR> Temp
04/15/2002 05:36p 1,716 usb001
04/16/2002 03:22p <DIR> MSSQL7
23 File(s) 2,674,060 [[byte|bytes]]
40 Dir(s) 2,672,476,160 [[byte|bytes]] free
Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
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