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{* *! version 1.0.0  30nov2005}{...}
{cmd:help fileinfo}
{hline}

{title:Title}

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{p2col :{hi:fileinfo}}Display and save file information{p_end}
{p2colreset}{...}


{title:Syntax}

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{cmd:fileinfo} {it:filespec}
[{cmd:,} {opt all}]


{title:Description}

{pstd}
{cmd:fileinfo} works very much like {cmd:dir} and {cmd:ls}.  It lists the names
of files in the specified directory.  {it:filespec} is intended to be a single
filename, but it may be any valid Windows, Unix, or Macintosh file path or file
specification (see {bind:{bf:[U] 11.6 File-naming conventions}}) and may
include "{cmd:*}" to indicate any string of characters.

{pstd}
The main difference in {cmd:fileinfo} and the {cmd:dir}/{cmd:ls} commands is
that it saves its results in the {help return} list.  In the event that more
than one file matches {it:filespec}, only information on the last file is
saved by default.  To store information on all files, use the {cmd:all} option.


{title:Option}

{phang}
{opt all} specifies to save information on all files matching {it:filespec}.


{title:Example}

	{cmd:. fileinfo auto.dta}


{title:Also see}

{psee}
Manual:  {bf:[D] dir}

{psee}
Online:  {helpb cd}, {helpb copy}, {helpb erase},
{helpb mkdir}, {helpb shell}, {helpb type}
{p_end}