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Dir displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.

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Syntax

DIR 
  [drive:][path][filename] 
  [/A[[:]attributes]] 
  [/B] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N]
  [/O[[:]sortorder]] 
  [/P] [/Q] [/R] [/S] 
  [/T[[:]timefield]] 
  [/W] [/X] [/4]

where

the options without extra attributes are:

Options	Description
[drive:][path][filename]	Specifies drive, directory, and/or files to list.
/B	Uses bare format (no heading information or summary).
/C	Display the thousand separator in file sizes. This is the default. Use /-C to disable display of separator.
/D	Same as wide but files are list sorted by column.
/L	Uses lowercase
/N	New long list format where filenames are on the far right.
/P	Pauses after each screenful of information.
/Q	Display the owner of the file.
/R	Display alternate data streams of the file.
/S	Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories.
/W	Uses wide list format.
/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.
/4	Displays four-digit years

The Options with extra attributes are:

/A displays files with specified attributes.
- D Directories
- R Read-only files
- H Hidden files
- A Files ready for archiving
- S System files
- I Not content indexed files
- L Reparse Points
- - Prefix meaning not
/O - List by files in the following sorted order:
- N By name (alphabetic)
- S By size (smallest first)
- E By extension (alphabetic)
- D By date/time (oldest first)
- G Group directories first
- - Prefix to reverse order
/T - Controls which time field displayed or used for sorting
- C Creation
- A Last Access
- W Last Written

Default Switches

The DIRCMD environment variable is used to hold default options for the DIR command.

You can override the default preset switches by prefixing any switch with - (hyphen) for example: /-W.

set dircmd=/-B /Q /L /R

How to

Search cached and not cached file in the sub directory

DIR /S /A:H /A:-H *.EXD

Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is AEB0-A348

 Directory of C:\Users\gerard\AppData\Local\Temp\VBE

05/23/2012  01:56 PM           140,068 MSComctlLib.exd
05/22/2012  05:09 PM           138,400 MSComctlLib.exd_bak
05/23/2012  01:56 PM           147,284 MSForms.exd
05/22/2012  05:09 PM           147,284 MSForms.exd_bak
               4 File(s)        573,036 bytes

 Directory of C:\Users\gerard\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Forms

05/23/2012  01:56 PM           167,456 MSComctlLib.exd
05/22/2012  05:09 PM           165,788 MSComctlLib.exd_bak
               2 File(s)        333,244 bytes

     Total Files Listed:
               6 File(s)        906,280 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  57,546,534,912 bytes free