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| Listing Files in NeXtMidas: Listing files is a common Midas operation. NeXtMidas provides three primitives for textually or graphically listing a file: `DATALIST` A textual tool for dumping file data to the screen. `LIST` A Java Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT) based graphical tool. Being replaced by the "new and improved" `LIST2`. `LIST2` A Java Swing based graphical tool.
X-Midas Users Take Note:
The `LIST2` command is similar to the `XDATALIST` in X-Midas. The NeXtMidas `DATALIST` is similar to the `DATALIST` command in X-Midas.