This switch causes MS-DOSscreenful of information. To key.

to pause after displaying each see the next screenful, press any

Another way to view a long directory listing is to use the /W switch:

DIR /W

This displays the directory listing in a wide format, as follows:

Directory of

C:\WORDPROC\PERSONAL

. . . LETTER.713 RESUME BOOKRPRT

5 File(s)

16013560 bytes free

As you can see, this type of listing does not show the size of the file or the time and date it was last modified.

To list the contents of a different drive or a different directory, include the appropriate drive designator and/or pathname in the command. For example, to see what is in the root directory of the diskette in drive A, type the following and press Enter:

DIR A:\

To display the contents of the WORDPROC\ PERSONAL directory (on drive C), type the following and press Enter:

DIR C:\WORDPROC\PERSONALDisplaying a List of Directories

The TREE command lets you display a list of all the directories on the specified drive. For example, to see the names of all the directories on the default drive, type the following and press Enter:

TREE

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