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append - Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.<BR>== SUMMARY ==arp - Displays, adds, and removes arp information from network devices.<BR> assign - Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter.<BR> <nowiki>APPEND Allows programs to open data files in specified directories as if they were in the current directory.</nowiki>assoc - View the file associations.<BR> <nowiki>ATTRIB Displays or changes file attributes.</nowiki>at - Schedule a time to execute commands or programs.<BR> <nowiki>BREAK Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking.</nowiki>atmadm - Lists connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.<BR> <nowiki>CD Displays the name of or changes the current directory.</nowiki>attrib - Display and change file attributes.<BR> <nowiki>CHCP Displays or sets the active code page number. </nowiki>batch<BR> console command that executes a series of commands in a file.<BR> <nowiki>CHDIR Displays the name of or changes the current directory.</nowiki>bootcfg<BR> console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini<BR> <nowiki>CHKDSK Checks a disk and displays a status report.</nowiki>break - Enable / disable CTRL + C feature.<BR> <nowiki>CHOICE Prompts the user to make a choice in a batch program.</nowiki>cacls - View and modify file ACL's.<BR> <nowiki>CLS Clears the screen.</nowiki>call - Calls a batch file from another batch file.<BR> <nowiki>COMMAND Starts a new instance of the MS-DOS command interpreter.</nowiki>cd - Changes directories.<BR> <nowiki>COMP Compares the contents of two files or sets of files. </nowiki>chcp - Supplement the International keyboard and character set information.<BR> <nowiki>COPY Copies one or more files to another location.</nowiki>chdir - Changes directories.<BR> <nowiki>CTTY Changes the terminal device used to control your system. </nowiki>chdsk - Check the hard disk drive running FAT for errors.<BR> <nowiki>DATE Displays or sets the date.</nowiki>chkntfs - Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors.<BR> <nowiki>DBLSPACE Creates and manages drives compressed by using DoubleSpace. </nowiki>choice - Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file.<BR> <nowiki>DEBUG Starts Debug, a program testing and editing tool.</nowiki>cls - Clears the screen.<BR> <nowiki>DEFRAG Reorganizes the files on a disk to optimize the disk. </nowiki>cmd - Opens the command interpreter. - <nowiki>DEL Deletes one or more files.</nowiki>color - Easily change the foreground and background color of the MS-DOS window.<BR> <nowiki>DELOLDOS Deletes the OLD_DOS.1 directory and the files it contains. </nowiki>command - Opens the command interpreter. - <nowiki>DELTREE Deletes a directory and all the files and subdirectories in it.</nowiki>comp - Compares files.<BR> <nowiki>DIR Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.</nowiki>compact - Compresses and uncompress files.<BR> <nowiki>DISKCOMP Compares the contents of two floppy disks. </nowiki>control - Open Control Panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.<BR> <nowiki>DISKCOPY Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another.</nowiki>convert - Convert FAT to NTFS.<BR> <nowiki>DOSKEY Edits command lines, recalls MS-DOS commands, and creates macros.</nowiki>copy - Copy one or more files to an alternate location.<BR> <nowiki>DOSSHELL Starts MS-DOS Shell.</nowiki>ctty - Change the computers input/output devices.<BR> <nowiki>DRVSPACE Creates and manages drives compressed by using DriveSpace. </nowiki>date - View or change the systems date.<BR> <nowiki>ECHO Displays messages, or turns command echoing on or off.</nowiki>debug - Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.<BR> <nowiki>EDIT Starts MS-DOS Editor, which creates and changes ASCII files.</nowiki>defrag - Re-arrange the hard disk drive to help with loading programs.<BR> <nowiki>EMM386 Enables or disables EMM386 expanded memory support. </nowiki>del - Deletes one or more files.<BR> <nowiki>ERASE Deletes one or more files. (obsolete command, see DEL) </nowiki>delete - console command that deletes a file.<BR> <nowiki>EXIT Quits the COMMAND.COM program (command interpreter).</nowiki>deltree - Deletes one or more files and/or directories.<BR> <nowiki>EXPAND Decompresses one or more compressed files. </nowiki>dir - List the contents of one or more directory.<BR> <nowiki>FASTHELP Provides summary Help information for MS-DOS commands. </nowiki>disable<BR> console command that disables Windows system services or drivers.<BR> <nowiki>FASTOPEN Decreases the amount of time needed to open frequently used files and directories. </nowiki>diskcomp - Compare a disk with another disk.<BR> <nowiki>FC Compares two files or sets of files, and displays the differences between them. </nowiki>diskcopy - Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.<BR> <nowiki>FDISK Configures a hard disk for use with MS-DOS. </nowiki>doskey - Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.<BR> <nowiki>FIND Searches for a text string in a file or files.</nowiki>dosshell - A GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.<BR> <nowiki>FOR Runs a specified command for each file in a set of files.</nowiki>drivparm - Enables overwrite of original device drivers.<BR> <nowiki>FORMAT Formats a disk for use with MS-DOS.</nowiki>echo - Displays messages and enables and disables echo.<BR> <nowiki>GRAPHICS Loads a program that can print graphics. </nowiki>edit - View and edit files.<BR> <nowiki>HELP Provides complete, interactive Help information for MS-DOS commands. </nowiki>edlin - View and edit files.<BR> <nowiki>INTERLNK Connects two computers via parallel or serial ports. </nowiki>emm386 - Load extended Memory Manager.<BR> <nowiki>INTERSVR Starts the Interlnk server. </nowiki>ename - console command to enable a disable service or driver.<BR> <nowiki>KEYB Configures a keyboard for a specific language. </nowiki>endlocal - Stops the localization of the environment changes enabled by the setlocal command.<BR> <nowiki>LABEL Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk.</nowiki>erase - Erase files from computer.<BR> <nowiki>LH Loads a program into the upper memory area. </nowiki>exit - Exit from the command interpreter.<BR> <nowiki>LOADFIX Loads a program above the first 64K of memory, and runs the program. </nowiki>expand - Expand a Microsoft Windows file back to it's original format.<BR> <nowiki>LOADHIGH Loads a program into the upper memory area. </nowiki>extract - Extract files from the Microsoft Windows cabinets.<BR> <nowiki>MD Creates a directory.</nowiki>fasthelp - Displays a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them.<BR> <nowiki>MEM Displays the amount of used and free memory in your system.</nowiki>fc - Compare files.<BR> <nowiki>MEMMAKER Starts the Memmaker program, which optimizes your computer's memory. </nowiki>fdisk - Utility used to create partitions on the hard disk drive.<BR> <nowiki>MKDIR Creates a directory. (obsolete command, see MD)</nowiki>find - Search for text within a file.<BR> <nowiki>MODE Configures a system device.</nowiki>findstr - Searches for a string of text within a file.<BR> <nowiki>MORE Displays output one screen at a time.</nowiki>fixboot - Writes a new boot sector.<BR> <nowiki>MOVE Moves one or more files. Also renames files and directories.</nowiki>fixmbr - Writes a new boot record to a disk drive.<BR> <nowiki>MSAV Scans your computer for known viruses. </nowiki>for - Boolean used in batch files.<BR> <nowiki>MSBACKUP Backs up or restores one or more files from one disk to another. </nowiki>format - Command to erase and prepare a disk drive.<BR> <nowiki>MSD Provides detailed technical information about your computer. </nowiki>ftp - Command to connect and operate on a FTP server.<BR> <nowiki>NLSFUNC Loads country-specific information.</nowiki>ftype - Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.<BR> <nowiki>PATH Displays or sets a search path for executable files.</nowiki>goto - Moves a batch file to a specific label or location.<BR> <nowiki>PAUSE Suspends processing of a batch file and displays a message.</nowiki>graftabl - Show extended characters in graphics mode.<BR> <nowiki>POWER Turns power management on and off.</nowiki>help - Display a listing of commands and brief explanation.<BR> <nowiki>PRINT Prints a text file while you are using other MS-DOS commands.</nowiki>if - Allows for batch files to perform conditional processing.<BR> <nowiki>PROMPT Changes the MS-DOS command prompt.</nowiki>ipconfig - Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.<BR> <nowiki>QBASIC Starts the MS-DOS QBasic programming environment. </nowiki>keyb - Change layout of keyboard.<BR> <nowiki>RD Removes a directory.</nowiki>label - Change the label of a disk drive.<BR> <nowiki>REN Renames a file or files.</nowiki>lh - Load a device driver in to high memory.<BR> <nowiki>RENAME Renames a file or files. (obsolete command, see REN)</nowiki>listsvc - console command that displays the services and drivers.<BR> <nowiki>REPLACE Replaces files. </nowiki>loadfix - Load a program above the first 64k.<BR> <nowiki>RESTORE Restores files that were backed up by using the BACKUP command. </nowiki>loadhigh - Load a device driver in to high memory.<BR> <nowiki>RMDIR Removes a directory. (obsolete command, see RD)</nowiki>lock - Lock the hard disk drive.<BR> <nowiki>SCANDISK Checks a drive for errors and repairs any problems it finds.</nowiki>logoff - Logoff the currently profile using the computer.<BR> <nowiki>SET Displays, sets, or removes MS-DOS environment variables.</nowiki>logon - console command to list installations and enable administrator login.<BR> <nowiki>SETVER Sets the version number that MS-DOS reports to a program.</nowiki>map - Displays the device name of a drive.<BR> <nowiki>SHARE Installs file-sharing and locking capabilities on your hard disk.</nowiki>md - Command to create a new directory.<BR> <nowiki>SORT Sorts input.</nowiki>mem - Display memory on system.<BR> <nowiki>SUBST Associates a path with a drive letter.</nowiki>mkdir - Command to create a new directory.<BR> <nowiki>SYS Copies MS-DOS system files and command interpreter to a disk you specify.</nowiki>mode - Modify the port or display settings.<BR> <nowiki>TIME Displays or sets the system time.</nowiki>more - Display one page at a time.<BR> <nowiki>TREE Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or path. </nowiki>move - Move one or more files from one directory to another directory.<BR> <nowiki>TYPE Displays the contents of a text file.</nowiki>msav - Early Microsoft Virus scanner.<BR> <nowiki>UNDELETE Restores files previously deleted with the DEL command. </nowiki>msd - Diagnostics utility.<BR> <nowiki>UNFORMAT Restores a disk erased by the FORMAT command. </nowiki>msdex - Utility used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.<BR> <nowiki>VER Displays the MS-DOS version.</nowiki>nbtstat - Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT<BR> <nowiki>VERIFY Directs MS-DOS to verify that your files are written correctly to a disk. </nowiki>net - Update, fix, or view the network or network settings<BR> <nowiki>VOL Displays a disk volume label and serial number.</nowiki>netsh - Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.<BR> <nowiki>VSAFE Continuously monitors your computer for viruses. </nowiki>netstat - Display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.<BR> <nowiki>XCOPY Copies files (except hidden and system files) and directory trees.</nowiki>nlsfunc - Load country specific information.<BR> nslookup - Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.<BR>== SPECIFIC COMMANDS ==path - View and modify the computers path location.<BR>=== COPY ===pathping - View and locate locations of network latency.<BR> pause - Command used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.<BR>Syntax:ping - Test / send information to another network computer or network device.<BR> popd - Changes to the directory or network path stored by the pushd command.<BR>COPY [/Y|-Y] [/A][/B] [d:][path]filename [/A][/B] [d:][path][filename] [/V]power - Conserve power with computer portables. <BR>orprint - Prints data to a printer port.<BR>COPY [/Y|-Y] [/A][/B] [d:][path]filename+[d:][path]filename[...] [d:][path][filename] [/V]prompt - View and change the MS-DOS prompt.<BR> pushd - Stores a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time.<BR>Purpose: Copies or appends files. Files can be copied with the same name or with a new name.qbasic - Open the QBasic.<BR> rd - Removes an empty directory.<BR>/Y - Causes COPY to replace existing files without providing a confirmation prompt. By default, if you specify an existing file as the destination file, COPY will provide a confirmation prompt. (In previous versions of DOS, existing files were simply overwritten.)ren - Renames a file or directory.<BR> rename - Renames a file or directory.<BR>/-Y - Displays a confirmation prompt before copying over existing files.rmdir - Removes an empty directory.<BR> route - View and configure windows network route tables.<BR>/A - Used to copy ASCII files. Applies to the filename preceding it and to all following filenames. Files will be copied until an end-of-file mark is encountered in the file being copied. If an end-of-file mark is encountered in the file, the rest of the file is not copied. DOS will append an end-of-file mark at the end of the copied file.runas - Enables a user to run a program as a different user.<BR> scandisk - Run the scandisk utility.<BR>/B - Used to copy binary files. Applies to the filename preceding it and to all following filenames. Copied files will be read by size (according to the number of bytes indicated in the file`s directory listing). An end-of-file mark is not placed at the end of the copied file.scanreg - Scan registry and recover registry from errors.<BR> set - Change one variable or string to another. <BR>/V - Checks after the copy to assure that a file was copied correctly. If the copy cannot be verified, the program will display an error message. Using this option will result in a slower copying process. setlocal - Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything else. <BR> setver - Change MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs.<BR>share - Installs support for file sharing and locking capabilities. <BR>shift - Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program. <BR>shutdown - Shutdown the computer from the MS-DOS prompt.<BR>smartdrv - Create a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory.<BR>sort - Sorts the input and displays the output to the screen.<BR>start - Start a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt.<BR>subst - Substitute a folder on your computer for another drive letter. <BR>switches - Remove add functions from MS-DOS.<BR>sys - Transfer system files to disk drive.<BR>telnet - Telnet to another computer / device from the prompt.<BR>time - View or modify the system time.<BR>title - Change the title of their MS-DOS window.<BR>tracert - Visually view a network packets route across a network.<BR>tree - View a visual tree of the hard disk drive.<BR>type - Display the contents of a file.<BR>undelete - Undelete a file that has been deleted.<BR>unformat - Unformat a hard disk drive.<BR>unlock - Unlock a disk drive.<BR>ver - Display the version information.<BR>verify - Enables or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly. <BR>vol - Displays the volume information about the designated drive. <BR>xcopy - Copy multiple files, directories, and/or drives from one location to another.<BR>==