Background

In Microsoft’s Win OS, we use the dir ( directory ) command to list files and folders on the file system.

 

ls

Linux has its ls command.  We have dir.

Interesting enough, in Linux, everything is a file.

As such simply saying ls, that is list, is very short cut.

While being fully comprehensive at the same time.

 

dir

Let us review some of the options that are availed via the dir command.

Help

Help!

Let us get help.

Syntax

help dos

Output

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Option

 

Sample

Filter

Directories Only ( /AD )

Objective

List folders only.

Syntax

dir /A:D

Sample

dir /A:D /s /b

Output

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Files Only ( /A-D )

Objective

List folders only.

Syntax

dir /A:-D

Sample

dir /A:-D /s /b

Output

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Bare ( /b )

Objective

Format listing in bare.

Skip folder names and summary.

Syntax

dir /b

Sample ( Files Only – Without bare )

dir /A:-D /s

Output

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Sample ( Files Only with Bare [ – /b ] )

dir /A:-D /s /b

Output

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Include Folder or File Owner ( /Q )

Objective

Include File Owner

Syntax

dir /Q

Sample

dir /Q

Output

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Explanation

1. File Owner ( /Q )
   • The folder & File Owner is include
2. Bare ( /b )
   • If bare ( /b) is requested, the /Q ( owner request ) is not met

 

Include Folders and Files in Sub-Directories ( /S )

Objective

Include Folders and Files in sub-directory.

Syntax

dir /S

Sample – Do Not Include Subdirectory

dir /A:-D /b

Output

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Sample – Include Subdirectory ( /s )

dir /A:-D /b /s

Output

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Explanation

1. Sub-Directories ( /s )
   • Current Directory Only – No /s
     • Only include files in the current directory
   • Include Files in Sub-directories ( /s )
     • In this case, include the following files
       • family\Didi_01.txt