Is there a version of dir that takes a path?

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Brando Miranda
Brando Miranda on 30 Mar 2018
Edited: Stephen23 on 31 Mar 2018
I want to use `dir` to get some list of files. But to do this I need to cd into a directory which seems really dum. Is there not a version of dir that just takes a path? i.e. something like:
dir('~/cool/path/files_*')
this way I specify the path and only the files with that format without having to cd into places.
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Stephen23
Stephen23 on 30 Mar 2018
Edited: Stephen23 on 31 Mar 2018
"But to do this I need to cd into a directory which seems really dum."
The dir documentation clearly states that it accepts "absolute or relative path names". See also:
It is possible that ~ is not supported on your OS.

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