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Am 13.06.2016 um 09:16 schrieb explorat123@gmail.com:
> 
> Finally got it working, thanks for your help.
> 
> But there's something I still don't understand:
>    print system("dir /B *.csv") works fine, but
>    print system("dir C:\temp1 /B *.csv") does not what's expected.
> 
> What am I doeing wrong ?
> 

It's

    dir /B C:\temp1\*.csv

and you have to give double backslashes inside double quotes.
See "help quote marks".