DISPLAY FILES

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Purpose

Display a directory of files

Syntax

DISPLAY FILES [<skeleton>] [TO FILE <.txt filename> | (<expC>)]

See Also

DIR, LIST FILES

Description

The DISPLAY FILES command displays filenames in the current directory and path (see SET PATH) matching the specified <skeleton>. The following 'wild card' characters may be used

Character Description
? Matches any one character.
% Matches any one character.
* Matches zero or more characters.

If DISPLAY FILES is issued with no <skeleton> specified, then it will list details of table files only.

TO <file>

The display output will be sent to the specified file. The filename can be substituted with a <expC>, enclosed in round brackets, which returns a valid filename. If no file extension is specified, then ".txt" will be used.

Example

display files *.prg