How do I list files on the computer?
Question
How do I list files on the computer?
Answer
MS-DOS and Windows command line users
Linux and Unix
users
Windows users
MS-DOS and Windows command line users
To list files while at the MS-DOS prompt or in the Windows command line use the dir command, as shown below. In the below example, is also an example of how the files will be listed when using the dir command. If you need additional examples and syntax for the dir command see the dir command help page.
C:\Windows> dir
Volume in drive C has no
label.
Volume Serial Number is A661-AEE8
Directory of C:\Windows
07/26/2011 09:44 AM <DIR> .
07/26/2011 09:44 AM <DIR> ..
07/13/2009 11:32 PM <DIR> addins
06/01/2011 10:24 PM 8,069 AndreaMosaic
Setup Log.txt
...
07/13/2009 11:32 PM <DIR> Web
07/13/2009 11:09 PM
403 win.ini
08/01/2011 06:20 PM 1,192,182 WindowsUpdate.log
07/13/2009
07:14 PM 9,728 winhlp32.exe
44 File(s) 496,213,894 bytes
56 Dir(s)
209,343,029,248 bytes free
To list files in a Linux or Unix command line use the ls command, as shown below. If you need additional examples and syntax on the ls command see the ls command help page.
[~/public_html/rss]# ls
./ ../ history.rss
issues.rss jargon.rss newjarg.rss newpages.rss newqa.rss
Microsoft Windows users who want to list files on the computer can open My Computer or Windows Explorer and open the C: drive.