Read a Command Prompt text listing cmd interprets the command below. /b requests bare text names, while /a-d excludes directories. Compare this text output with PowerShell file objects. Both examples describe the same fictional folder. Same fixed folder: alpha.txt, beta.txt, subfolder drafts. dir /b /a-d Predicted text lines (order may vary): alpha.txt beta.txt /b requests bare listing; /a-d excludes directories. This is a cmd builtin, not Bash ls or PowerShell's object pipeline. No date/version banner or real personal directory output is claimed.