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🎬 A director 💻 A file list command 📁 A folder
dir

dir

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A computer command that shows the files and folders inside a folder
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : comando dir
  • To view the same list of files using the vifs utility, use the --dir option and specify /host as the path.
  • DIR command
  • type DIR

Examples

  • -DIR.

    The Devil's Own (1997)

  • The DIR model serves as a framework to understand the developmental profile of an infant or child and the family by developing relationships and interactions between the child and parent.

    Academic text (2014)

  • If you type dir STR, it's going to return all of the symbols that exist within the STR object.

  • If you look at a console and enter a command like dir, then it lists the latest directories, but you see the latest read directory at the bottom.

    Blog text (2)

  • Bier, Susanne, dir. Frankie & Alice. Access Motion Pictures, 2010. Film.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship-Based model (DIR/Floortime; Wieder & Greenspan, 2001).

    Academic text (2014)

  • To view the contents of the directory, type dir and press <Enter>.

  • The command prompt shows all files after you enter dir in the terminal.

  • When you execute dir, you will see a list of all documents in the current folder.

Surface Forms

dir singular
dirs plural

Etymology

Dir is a short form of directory, which means a 'list' or a 'place' that holds files. So the dir command shows that list of files on your screen.