Name
    mdir - display an MSDOS directory

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Description
    The mdir command is used to display an MS-DOS directory. Its syntax is:

    mdir [-/] [-f] [-w] [-a] [-b] msdosfile [ msdosfiles...]

    Mdir displays the contents of MS-DOS directories, or the entries for
    some MS-DOS files.

    Mdir supports the following command line options:

    /   Recursive output, just like Dos' -s option

    w   Wide output. With this option, mdir prints the filenames across
    the page without displaying the file size or creation date.

    a   Also list hidden files.

    f   Fast. Do not try to find out free space.  On larger disks,
    finding out the amount of free space takes up some non trivial
    amount of time, as the whole FAT must be read in  and scanned.
    The -f flag bypasses this step. This flag is not needed on
    FAT32 filesystems, which store the size explicitely.

    b   Concise listing. Lists each directory name or filename, one per
    line (including the filename extension). This switch displays no
    heading information and no summary. Only  a newline separated
    list of pathnames is displayed.

    An error occurs if a component of the path is not a directory.

See Also
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