Matlab dir() takes forever to run

Question

I\'m using the command \"dir\" on a directory with 500,000 files. It\'s been running for 15 minutes now.

Is there any way to speed it up? an alternative command per

Answer 1

If you just want file names, try files = ls;. As per the help, I believe ls should work on any OS. The reason dir takes so long in your case is that it's calculating the file size, modification date, etc. of each file.