Dir command line options

Dir command can be used to list the files from command prompt. Let’s see different options available with this command.

dir
A simple dir command without any other arguments lists all the files/subfolders that exist in the current folder.

dir /b
Lists the subfolders/files names in bare format. Just the names will be displayed and no other information (like file modified time, file size etc) will be shown.

dir /s
List the files in the current folder and also the ones in the subfolders recursively.

Dir /A:D
Display only directories.

Dir /A:R
Display only Read-only files.

Dir /A:H
Display only hidden files

Dir /A:A
List only the files that have archive attribute set.

Dir /A:S
List only system files

Dir /A:-D
Exclude directories from the listing and display all other files.

Dir /A:-R
Exclude Read-only files from the listing.

Dir /A:-H
Exclude hidden files from listing.

Dir /A:-A
Exclude files that have archive attribute set.

Dir /A:-S
Exclude system files from listing

Dir /Q
Same as Dir but also displays the owner of the file.

Dir /TC
Same as Dir but prints Created time for each file

Dir /TA
Same as Dir but prints Last accessed time for each file.

Dir /TW

Same as Dir but prints last modified time for each file.