dir List directory.
dir directory_name lists the files in a directory. Pathnames and
wildcards may be used.  For example, dir *.m lists all the M-files
in the current directory.

D = dir(’directory_name’) returns the results in an M-by-1
structure with the fields:
name  — filename
date  — modification date
bytes — number of bytes allocated to the file
isdir — 1 if name is a directory and 0 if not

See also what, cd, type, delete.