ls

List folder contents.

📝 Syntax

  • ls

  • ls(name)

  • res = ls()

  • res = ls(options)

📥 Input argument

  • name - a string: file or directory name.

  • options - vary from system to system.

📤 Output argument

  • res - On Windows, res is an m-by-n character array of names. m is the number of names and n is the number of characters in the longest name. On Unix plaftorms is a character vector of names separated by tab and space characters.

📄 Description

ls is implemented by calling the native operating system's directory listing command-available options will vary from system to system.

💡 Example

res = ls(nelsonroot())
if ~ispc()
  res = ls(nelsonroot(), '-l')
end

🔗 See also

dir, isdir, isfile.

🕔 History

Version
📄 Description

1.0.0

initial version

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