See also: VIEW, HEAD, TAIL, and TYPE.

 

File Selection

 

Supports command dialog, attribute switches, extended wildcards, ranges, multiple file names, and include lists.

 

Internet

 

Can be used with FTP/HTTP Servers.

 

Usage

 

See the VIEW command for an updated and enhanced LIST replacement.

 

LIST provides a fast and flexible way to view a file, without the overhead of loading and using a text editor.

 

For example, to display a file called MEMO.DOC:

 

list memo.doc

 

Note: LIST is primarily intended for displaying the contents of ASCII and Unicode text files (i.e. alphanumeric characters arranged in lines separated by CR/LF). It can be used for other files which contain non-alphabetic characters or unusual line separators, but you may need to use hexadecimal mode (see below) to display or search these files. Lines longer than 32,767 characters will be truncated unless you're in Wrap or Hex modes.

 

LIST displays files in the TCC window. If you resize the TCC window or the Take Command window when TCC is running in a tab window, LIST will automatically resize its display.

 

You can define all of the LIST keys using the OPTION / Keyboard dialog.

 

 

 

Text searches performed with F, N, Ctrl-F, and Ctrl-N are not case-sensitive unless you check the Match case box in the search dialog. LIST remembers the search strings you have used in the current session; to select a previous string, use the drop-down arrow to the right of the string entry field (the N key and the Next button search for the top item in this drop-down list).

 

When the search string is found LIST displays the line containing the string at the top of the window, and highlights the string it found. Any additional occurrences of the string on the same display page are also highlighted. Highlighting is intended for use with text files. In binary files, the search string will be found but may not be highlighted properly.

 

If the display is currently in hexadecimal mode and you press F or Ctrl-F, you will be prompted for whether you want to search in hexadecimal mode. If so, you should then enter the search string as a sequence of 2-digit hexadecimal numbers separated by spaces, for example 41 63 65 (ASCII values for the string "Ace"). Hexadecimal searches are case-sensitive, and search for exactly the string you enter.

 

LIST saves the search string used by F, N, Ctrl-F, and Ctrl-N so you can LIST multiple files and search for the same string simply by pressing N in each file, or repeat your search the next time you use LIST.

 

You can use extended wildcards in the search string. For example, you can search for the string to*day to find the next line which contains the word to followed by the word day later on the same line, or search for the numbers 101 or 401 with the search string [14]01. If you begin the search string with a back-quote `, or enclose it in back-quotes, wildcard characters in the string will be treated as normal text with no special wildcard meaning.

 

You can use the /T switch to specify search text for the first file. When you do so, LIST begins a search as soon as the file is loaded. Use /I to ignore wildcards in the initial search string, and /R to make the initial search go backwards from the end of the file. When you LIST multiple files with a single LIST command, these switches affect only the first file; they are ignored for the second and subsequent files.

 
You can also search using Regular Expressions using the R and Ctrl-R keys. See Regular Expression Syntax for supported expressions.

 

You can use the G key to go to a specific line number in the file (or to a specified hexadecimal offset in hex mode). LIST numbers lines beginning with 1. A new line is counted for every CR or LF character (LIST determines automatically which character is used for line breaks in each file), or when line length reaches 32,767 characters, whichever comes first.

 

LIST normally allows long lines in the file to extend past the right edge of the screen. You can use the horizontal scrolling keys (see above) to view text that extends beyond the screen width. If you use the W command or /W switch to wrap the display, each line is wrapped when it reaches the right edge of the screen, and the horizontal scrolling keys are disabled.

 

To view output from another command simply pipe the output of the command to LIST, for example:

 

dir | list

 

Normally LIST will detect input from a pipe automatically, but if it does not, use /S to explicitly specify piped input. Your ability to navigate backward through the displayed output (e.g. with PgUp) may be limited when viewing a very large amount of data through a pipe, due to the way Windows handles piped output.

 

To view text from the clipboard, use CLIP: as the file to be listed. CLIP: will not return any data unless the clipboard contains text. See Redirection for more information on CLIP:.

 

If you print the file which LIST is displaying, the print format will match the display format. If you have switched to hexadecimal or wrapped mode, that mode will be used for the printed output as well. If you print in wrapped mode, long lines will be wrapped at the width of the display. If you print in normal display mode without line wrap, long lines will be wrapped or truncated by the printer, not by LIST. Regardless of the display mode, LIST will bring up a standard Windows print dialog which allows you to print selected text, the current page, or the entire file.

 

•FTP/HTTP Usage

 

LIST can display files on FTP servers as well as the contents of HTTP/HTTPS URLs. For example:

 

list ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/index

list https://jpsoft.com/notfound.htm

 

You can also use the IFTP command to start an FTP session on a server, and then use an abbreviated syntax to specify the files and directories you want. For more information, see Using FTP/HTTP Servers and IFTP.

 

•NTFS File Streams

 

LIST supports file streams on NTFS drives. You can list an individual stream by specifying the stream name, for example:

 

list streamfile:s1

 

If no stream name is specified the file's primary data is displayed.

 

See NTFS File Streams for additional details.

 

•Advanced Features

 

If you specify a directory name instead of a filename as a parameter, LIST will display each of the files in that directory.

 

If no filename is specified (and stdin is not redirected),  LIST will open the common Windows "open file" dialog.

 

Most of the LIST keystrokes can be reassigned with key mapping directives.

 

By default, LIST sets tab stops every 8 columns. You can change this behavior with the Tabs Width configuration option.

 

Options

 

 

 

 

You can specify /A:= to display a dialog to help you set individual attributes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You may use any combination of the sorting options below. If multiple options are used, the listing will be sorted with the first sort option as the primary key, the next as the secondary key, and so on:

 

 

 

 

 dir | list

 dir | list /s

 

 

 list /t"Take Command" readme.doc

 

The search text may include wildcards and extended wildcards. For example, to search for the words Hello and John on the same line in the file LETTER.DAT:

 

list /t"Hello*John" letter.dat

 

When you display multiple files with a single LIST command, /T only initiates a search in the first file. It is ignored for the second and subsequent files. See also: /I and /R.

 

 

 

 

You can display spaces rather than periods for non-printable characters by specifying the /XS option. You can also toggle between spaces and periods with the S key while displaying a file in hex mode.