Extended version of |readdir()|. Return a list of Dictionaries with file and directory information in {directory}. This is useful if you want to get the attributes of file and directory at the same time as getting a list of a directory. This is much faster than calling |readdir()| then calling |getfperm()|, |getfsize()|, |getftime()| and |getftype()| for each file and directory especially on MS-Windows. The list will by default be sorted by name (case sensitive), the sorting can be changed by using the optional {dict} argument, see |readdir()|. The Dictionary for file and directory information has the following items: group Group name of the entry. (Only on Unix) name Name of the entry. perm Permissions of the entry. See |getfperm()|. size Size of the entry. See |getfsize()|. time Timestamp of the entry. See |getftime()|. type Type of the entry. On Unix, almost same as |getftype()| except: Symlink to a dir "linkd" Other symlink "link" On MS-Windows: Normal file "file" Directory "dir" Junction "junction" Symlink to a dir "linkd" Other symlink "link" Other reparse point "reparse" user User name of the entry's owner. (Only on Unix) On Unix, if the entry is a symlink, the Dictionary includes the information of the target (except the "type" item). On MS-Windows, it includes the information of the symlink itself because of performance reasons. When {expr} is omitted all entries are included. When {expr} is given, it is evaluated to check what to do: If {expr} results in -1 then no further entries will be handled. If {expr} results in 0 then this entry will not be added to the list. If {expr} results in 1 then this entry will be added to the list. The entries "." and ".." are always excluded. Each time {expr} is evaluated |v:val| is set to a |Dictionary| of the entry. When {expr} is a function the entry is passed as the argument. For example, to get a list of files ending in ".txt": readdirex(dirname, {e -> e.name =~ '.txt$'}) For example, to get a list of all files in the current directory without sorting the individual entries: readdirex(dirname, '1', #{sort: 'none'}) Can also be used as a |method|: GetDirName()->readdirex()