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A list of DOS commands for Microsoft's DOS operating system. follows. Beginning with
version 6.0, the user could also get help by typing HELP in the shell prompt. Square brackets indicate optional, quotation marks
mean instead of typing the exact words wanted when used.
Commands
attrib
- Changes attributes of a file
- Syntax - attrib "attribute string" "filename|wildcards"
Options
- To add an attribute attach a '+' in front of it.
- To remove an attribute attach a '-' in front of it
- Attributes include
- A - Archived (used mainly by file archiving software)
- H - Hidden
- S - System
- R - Read-only
cd or chdir
- Change current directory
- Syntax - cd "directoryname"
cls
- Clears the screen, except for the command prompt.
copy
- Copies a file from one location to another.
- Syntax - copy "source" "destination"
del
- Deletes a file. This commands accepts wildcards
- Syntax - del "filename|wildcards"
deltree
- Deletes a complete directory tree along with the files in the directories and subdirectories.
- Syntax - deltree "directory"
dir
Main article: Dir (DOS Command)
- Displays contents of a directory.
- Syntax - dir "[filelist]" "[options]"
Options
- /w : Wide list format
- /p : Pause at every page
- /s : Also look in subdirectories
- /a[xx] : Display files with the specified attributes only
- /o[xx] : Modifies sort order
format
- Delete all the files on the disk and reformat it for MS-DOS
- Syntax - format "drive"
- In most cases, this should only be used on floppy drives or other removable media. This command can potentially erase
everything on a the computer's hard disk.
interLnk
- MS-DOS 6 and above command to network PCs using a null modem
cable. See also: null-modem.
label
- labels the C:\ drive
- Syntax - label master drive
md or mkdir
- Create a directory
- Syntax - md "directory name"
more
- Pages through the output so that you can view more than one screen of text
- Syntax - "command" | more
move
- Moves a file
- Syntax - move "source" "target"
pcpark
- Parks the hard disk(s) (stops their turning) in order to enable safe shutdown; only used on early versions
- Syntax - pcpark
rd or rmdir
- Remove a directory
- Syntax - rd "directory name"
ren
- Renames a file
- Syntax - ren "oldname" "newname"
restart
- Restarts the computer, on many motherboards
- Syntax - restart
time and date
- Set/display the date and time
- Syntax - date
- Syntax - time
tree
- Shows the directory tree of the current directory
- Syntax - tree
type
- Display an ASCII file
- Syntax - type "filename"
ver
- Shows the version of MS-DOS you are using
- Syntax - ver
- Some versions of MS-DOS support an undocumented /r switch, which will show the revision as well as the version.
xcopy
- Copy files and directorys
- Syntax - xcopy "source" /s
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