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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



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