DIR List Files Function

Section: Operating System Functions

Usage

An alias for the ls function. The general syntax for its use is
  dir('dirname1','dirname2',...,'dirnameN')

but this can also be expressed as

  dir 'dirname1' 'dirname2' ... 'dirnameN'

or

  dir dirname1 dirname2 ... dirnameN

For compatibility with some environments, the function ls can also be used instead of dir. Generally speaking, dirname is any string that would be accepted by the underlying OS as a valid directory name. For example, on most systems, '.' refers to the current directory, and '..' refers to the parent directory. Two points worth mentioning about the dir function:

For examples, see the ls function.