Listing Directories on the Commodore 64
With Commodore 64 Basic V2 you have to load the disks directory contents into the BASIC memory. It will completey wipe any program your already have stored in the memory,
This is how to load the directory and LIST it within Basic.
LOAD”$”,8 LIST |

New versions of Commodore 64 BASIC 3.5, 4 and 7 contain a DIRECTORY command which will show a list of the disks contents without affecting anthing in basic memory.