DIR

DIR

Support Command

This command lists the contents of a file.

This command uses an operating system command to list the contents a directory.

For Unix/Linux/MacOS systems, the DIR command issues a

ls ....

command to the operating system.

For Windows systems, the DIR command issues a

DIR ....

command to the operating system.

The string that follows the DIR on the command line is passed to the operating system as is. Dataplot does no error checking of this string.

This is a system dependent command. It is currently supported for Unix/Linux/MacOS and Windows platforms.

DIR <file-list>
where <file-list> is an optional string specifying what files should be listed.

If <file-list> is omitted, then the contents of the current directory are listed.

DIR
DIR macros/*.dp
DIR macros

The DIR capability can be implemented by direct use of the SYSTEM command. For example, under Linux do something like
SYSTEM ls *.dp

The motivation for adding this as a separate command is to allow the capability to be implemented in an operating system independent way. This can be useful when writing general purpose macros that may be used on different operating systems.

Both the Linux ls command and the Windows DIR commands support a number of different options for displaying the output. A few of these are supported as follows.

If you would like to display the results one screen at a time, enter the command

SET DIR PAUSE ON

This adds a "/P" option under Windows. For Linux, the output will be piped to the Linux more command. To reset the default (no pause), enter the command

SET DIR PAUSE OFF

If you would like the contents of any listed directories to be displayed, enter the command

SET DIR RECURSIVE ON

This adds a "/S" option under Windows and a "-R" option under Linux. To reset the default (no recursive listing of directory contents), enter the command

SET DIR RECURSIVE OFF

To specify "long listing" (i.e., more detailed information about each file), enter the command

SET DIR LONG LISTING ON

This adds a "/N" option under Windows and a "-l" option under Linux. To reset the default ("/W" option under Windows and no "-l" option under Linux), enter the command

SET DIR LONG LISTING OFF

By default, files are listed alphabetically. To specify sorting by size, enter the command

SET DIR SORT SIZE

This adds a "/O:S" option under Windows and a "-s" option under Linux.

To specify sorting by date, enter the command

SET DIR SORT DATE

This adds a "/O:D" option under Windows and a "-t" option under Linux.

To reset alphabetic sorting, enter the command

SET DIR SORT ALPHABETIC

This adds a "/O:N" option under Windows. No option is given for Linux.

If you want to use options not supported by one of the above SET commands, you can enter them manually. For example, under Linux you can do something like

DIR -aFC *

File names are case sensitive on Unix/Linux/MacOS file systems. For this reason, case is preserved in passing the file name to the operating system.

None

LS is a synonym for DIR

SYSTEM	=	Enter an operating system command within a Dataplot session.
CD	=	Change the current working directory.
PWD	=	Retrieve the current working directory.
MKDIR	=	Create a new directory
RM	=	Delete one or more files.
CAT	=	List the contents of a file.

Interactive Usage

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READ BERGER1.DAT Y X
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CAPTURE FIT.OUT
FIT Y X
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DIR *.OUT  FIT.*