Editing Dir (command) (section)

==Examples==
[[File:Commodore C128 CPM Screenshot 2 full.jpg|200px|thumb|right|[[CP/M 3.0]] directory listing on a [[Commodore 128]] home computer.]]
[[File:Robotron1715SCREEN.gif|200px|thumb|right|Directory listing on [[Single User Control Program|SCP]] running on a [[VEB Robotron|robotron]] [[PC 1715]].]]
[[File:J Elwro 804 Junior.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Directory listing on [[CP/J 2.21]] running on an [[Elwro 804 Junior]].]]
[[File:Dir command in Windows Command Prompt.png|200px|thumb|right|[[Microsoft Windows]] [[cmd.exe|Command Prompt]] showing a directory listing.]]

===DOS, Windows, ReactOS===
List all files and directories in the current [[working directory]].
{{sxhl|2=doscon|C:\Users>dir}}

List any [[text file]]s and [[batch file]]s ([[filename extension]] ".txt" or ".bat").
{{sxhl|2=doscon|C:\Users>dir *.txt *.bat}}

[[Recursion (computer science)|Recursively]] list all files and directories in the specified directory and any subdirectories, in wide format, pausing after each screen of output. The directory name is enclosed in [[Quotation mark|double-quotes]], to prevent it from being interpreted is as two separate [[command-line option]]s because it contains a [[whitespace character]].
{{sxhl|2=doscon|C:\Users>dir /s /w /p "C:\Users\johndoe\My Documents"}}

List any [[NTFS junction point]]s:
{{pre|
{{codett|2=doscon|C:\Users>dir /ash}}
{{codett|2=output|Volume in drive C is OS.}}
{{codett|2=output|Volume Serial Number is xxxx-xxxx}}
{{codett|2=output|Directory of C:\Users}}
{{codett|2=output|12/07/2019  02:30 AM    <SYMLINKD>     All Users [C:\ProgramData]}}
{{codett|2=output|12/07/2019  02:30 AM    <JUNCTION>     Default User [C:\Users\Default]}}
{{codett|2=output|12/07/2019  02:12 AM               174 desktop.ini}}
              {{codett|2=output|1 File(s)            174 bytes}}
              {{codett|2=output|2 Dir(s)  332,659,789,824 bytes free}}

}}

===Unix===
Traditionally, [[Unix]] and [[Unix-like]] systems use the {{code|ls}} command for the needs that <code>dir</code> satisfies. But, the [[GNU#GNU as an operating system|GNU operating system]], has a <code>dir</code> command that "is equivalent to <code>ls&nbsp;-C&nbsp;-b</code>; that is, by default files are listed in columns, sorted vertically, and special characters are represented by backslash escape sequences".<ref>[//www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/dir-invocation.html dir invocation] (GNU coreutils) at www.gnu.org</ref> Actually, for compatibility reasons, {{code|ls}} produces device-dependent output. The <code>dir</code> command, on the other hand, produces device-independent output.