MATLAB Function Reference Volume 1: A - E - Bad Request

2dir
Purpose Display directory listing
Graphical
Interface
As an alternative to the dir function, use the Current Directory browser. To
open it, select Current Directory from the View menu in the MATLAB
desktop.
Syntax dir
dir name
files = dir('name')
Description dir lists the files in the current working directory.
dir name lists the specified files. The name argument can be a pathname,
filename, or can include both. You can use absolute and relative pathnames
and wildcards.
files = dir('directory') returns the list of files in the specified directory
(or the current directory, if dirname is not specified) to an m-by-1 structure with
the fields:
name Filename
date Modification date
bytes Number of bytes allocated to the file
isdir 1 if name is a directory; 0 if not
Examples To view the MAT files in your current working directory,
dir *java*.mat
java_array.mat javafrmobj.mat testjava.mat
To view the M-files in the MATLAB audio directory, type
dir(fullfile(matlabroot,'toolbox/matlab/audio/*.m'))
Contents.m lin2mu.m sound.m wavread.m
auread.m mu2lin.m soundsc.m wavrecord.m
auwrite.m saxis.m wavplay.m wavwrite.m
To return the list of files to the variable audio_files, type
dir
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