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CD [drive:]path CHDIR [drive:]path |
Changes from one directory to another |
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CD.. CHDIR.. |
Changes to the parent directory of the current subdirectory. |
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CD\ CHDIR\ |
Changes from the current directory to the root directory. |
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CLS |
Clears screen |
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COPY directory1 directory2 |
Copies all the files in the first directory to another directory. |
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COPY filename directory-name |
Copies a file to another directory(using the same name) |
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COPY filename drive |
Copies a file to another drive (using the same name) |
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COPY filename1 filename2 |
Copies a file and creates a new file with a new name. |
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DATE |
Displays, or set, system date |
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DEL [drive:][path]filespec [/p] ERASE [drive:][path]filespec [/p] |
Deletes a file, or group of files (if wildcards are used), with an option to prompt for verification (/p) |
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DIR [drive-name:] |
Displays a list of filenames, sizes, dates, and times |
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EXIT |
Closes the MS-DOS session and returns to Windows |
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MD [drive:]path MKDIR [drive:]path |
Creates a subdirectory |
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PATH |
Displays the Windows path |
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PATH [drive:]path1;[drive:]path2. |
Changes the Windows path to the paths of directories and subdirectories listed after the Path command |
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PROMPT $P$G |
Displays the full path in the Windows prompt, followed by a greater-than symbol |
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PROMPT [text] |
Customizes the appearance of the Windows prompt |
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RD [drive:]path RMDIR [drive:]path |
Removes an empty subdirectory from the directory structure of a disk |
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SET |
Displays settings in the Windows environment |
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TIME |
Displays, or sets, system time |
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TRUENAME |
Displays the true name(full path and name) of a directory assigned a virtual drive named with the SUBST command |
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TRUENAME filename |
Displays the true name (full path and name) of a file on a virtual drive |
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TYPE [drive:][path]filename |
Displays the contents of a text file on the screen |
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VER |
Displays the Windows version |
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VOL [drive:] |
Displays the volume label for a drive |
External Commands (Have own .exe or .com files)
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ATTRIB [drive:][path][filename] |
Displays the attributes |
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ATTRIB filespec+/- [attribute] |
Assigns or removes an attribute |
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CHDSK [drive:][/f] |
Examines the status of a disk, checks for errors, produces a report on disk and memory usage, and when used with /f, converts lost cluster to files |
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CHKDSK filespec |
Displays information on whether files are fragmented or not fragmented |
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CVT drive: |
Converts FAT16 file system to FAT32 |
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DEBUG [drive:][path]filename |
Tests and debugs DOS programs |
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DELTREE [drive:]path |
Deletes a directory, all its sub-directories, & all files in the directories |
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DISKCOPY drive1: drive2: |
Copies the contents of one floppy disk using the same drive or different drives and will overwrite all files on the destination diskette. |
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DOSKEY |
Edits and recalls commands entered at the Windows prompt |
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EDIT [drive:][path][filename] |
Starts the MS-DOS Editor so you can create, or open and edit, a text file |
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EXTRACT cabinet |
Extracts the contents of a cabinet file |
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FC filename1 filename2 |
Compares two files and displays information on the differences in the contents of the files |
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FDISK |
Displays partition information, creates or removes a partition on a disk, and creates logical drives. |
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FIND"string"filespec |
Searches for a text string in a file or group of files |
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FORMAT drive [/s] |
Formats a disk in a drive to the maximum capacity of that drive and , if the system switch (/s) is used, copies the operating system files to the disk |
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LABEL [drive] |
Displays, creates, changes, or removes a disk’s volume label |
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MEM [/c][/p] |
Displays a summary of memory usage and, if the classify switch (/c) and page switch (/p) are used, shows programs in conventional and upper memory one page at a time |
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MODE |
Configures system devices, including serial and parallel ports, the video display, and keyboard; redirect output from a parallel port to a serial port |
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MORE |
Produces paged output when used another command and preceded by the pipe operator ( | ) |
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MOVE directory1 directory2 |
Changes the name of a directory; so does REN |
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MOVE [drive:][path] filespec destination |
Moves one or more files to another drive, directory, or drive and directory |
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NLSFUNC [drive:][path][filename] |
Loads country specified information |
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SCANDISK [drive:] |
Checks the filing system and surface integrity of a disk for errors of defects and , if possible, repairs the errors or, in the case of a surface scan, moves data from failing sectors. Windows has its own Scandisk version. |
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SCANREG |
Checks the Windows 98 Registry for errors and repairs the errors |
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SORT |
Sorts output when used with another command and preceded by the pipe operator ( | ) |
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START program-filename |
Opens a Windows application from a Windows prompt in an MS-DOS window |
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START [drive:][path] filename |
Opens a Windows application and file from a Windows prompt in an MS-DOS window |
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SUBST drive: /d |
Removes a virtual drive |
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SUBST drive: [drive:]path |
Assigns a drive name to a directory to create a virtual drive |
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SYS drive1:drive2 |
Copies the Windows 98 operating system files from one drive to another |
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UNINSTAL |
Uninstalls Windows 98 only if you installed it as an upgrade, specified that setup saved your system files, did not change to FAT32, and did not compress the drive |
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XCOPY source [destination][/s] |
Copies all the files in a directory, or group of files, or a single file, to another disk and, when used with the subdirectory switch (/s), also copies the subdirectory structure to another disk |
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XCOPY32 source [destination][/s] |
Similar to above, also copies long file names |