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DIRECTORY Command
Category Reference/Commodore Basic V3.5 Topic DIRECTORY [Ddrive#] [,Uunit#] [,"filename"] Displays a disk directory on the screen. Press CTRL+S to pause the display (any key to restart) or hold the C= button to slow it down. The specified drive (8 by default) must be connected and turned on, otherwise a ?DEVICE NOT PRESENT ERROR will occur. DIRECTORY cannot be used to print the directory on a printer. To do that (for device 8), use the following program (NOTE: this will destroy any BASIC program in memory!): LOAD"$",8 OPEN4,4:CMD4:LIST PRINT#4:CLOSE4 By default, the F3 key issues the DIRECTORY command. This corresponds to KEY 3. Examples `DIRECTORY` Lists all files on disk `DIRECTORY D0,U9,"WORK"` Lists the file "WORK" on device 9, drive 0 `DIRECTORY "AB*"` Lists all files starting with "AB", such as "ABOUT", "ABOVE" etc `DIRECTORY "FILE?.BAK"` The ? is a wildcard which matches any character in that position, which would match "FILE1.BAK", "FILE2.BAK", "FILE3.BAK" etc Abbreviation DI SHIFT+R