Q. Show list files by Dir command?

The Dir command can also be used to list files from the exacting directory. For example, the list of files present in the WORD directory in drive C, you can use the following commands.

            DIR C:\WORD

            DIR \WORD

The first command specifies the directory name and drive with DIR command. The second command does not specify the drive name in the command, does I'll use the default drive. Thus command will show list of file from the WORD directory in drive C only if drive C is the current drive. Otherwise, it will try to locate the WORD directory in the current drive. In both these commands, '\' refers to the root of the top -level directory in the current or the specified drive.

Like this, if you wish to get the list of file from the EXCEL directory, you can use the command -DIR C:\EXCEL. Now think another case.  We wish to list files from the SALE directory (refer to figure 2.1). If you watch carefully at the directory structure show in figure 2.1, you will notice that the Sales directory under the EXCEL directory, you need to specify the complete path for it with DIR command. The compute path for the SALES directory in shown:

Thus, you can use the commend DIR C:\EXCEL\ SALES to list files from the SALES directory. Here, C:\EXCEL\ SALES is the path for the files stored in the SALES directory. The path for any file includes all directories locked above that file in the directory free structure. The path also includes he drive name and the root directory. The root directory is referred to by '\' immediately following ':' after the drive letter, e.g. 'C:\'. If the path includes multiple directories, separate these directories with '\'. Also, do not use any space in the path. For instance, DIR C:\EXCEL \SALES is invalid.

To list files from the root directory of the current drive, you can use the commend- DIR \ (remember that the first '/' after DIR refers to the root directory.)