Difference between revisions of "MS-DOS 6.22 Command Reference"
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+ | append - Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.<BR> | ||
+ | arp - Displays, adds, and removes arp information from network devices.<BR> | ||
+ | assign - Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter.<BR> | ||
+ | assoc - View the file associations.<BR> | ||
+ | at - Schedule a time to execute commands or programs.<BR> | ||
+ | atmadm - Lists connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.<BR> | ||
+ | attrib - Display and change file attributes.<BR> | ||
+ | batch<BR> console command that executes a series of commands in a file.<BR> | ||
+ | bootcfg<BR> console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini<BR> | ||
+ | break - Enable / disable CTRL + C feature.<BR> | ||
+ | cacls - View and modify file ACL's.<BR> | ||
+ | call - Calls a batch file from another batch file.<BR> | ||
+ | cd - Changes directories.<BR> | ||
+ | chcp - Supplement the International keyboard and character set information.<BR> | ||
+ | chdir - Changes directories.<BR> | ||
+ | chdsk - Check the hard disk drive running FAT for errors.<BR> | ||
+ | chkntfs - Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors.<BR> | ||
+ | choice - Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file.<BR> | ||
+ | cls - Clears the screen.<BR> | ||
+ | cmd - Opens the command interpreter. - | ||
+ | color - Easily change the foreground and background color of the MS-DOS window.<BR> | ||
+ | command - Opens the command interpreter. - | ||
+ | comp - Compares files.<BR> | ||
+ | compact - Compresses and uncompress files.<BR> | ||
+ | control - Open Control Panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.<BR> | ||
+ | convert - Convert FAT to NTFS.<BR> | ||
+ | copy - Copy one or more files to an alternate location.<BR> | ||
+ | ctty - Change the computers input/output devices.<BR> | ||
+ | date - View or change the systems date.<BR> | ||
+ | debug - Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.<BR> | ||
+ | defrag - Re-arrange the hard disk drive to help with loading programs.<BR> | ||
+ | del - Deletes one or more files.<BR> | ||
+ | delete - console command that deletes a file.<BR> | ||
+ | deltree - Deletes one or more files and/or directories.<BR> | ||
+ | dir - List the contents of one or more directory.<BR> | ||
+ | disable<BR> console command that disables Windows system services or drivers.<BR> | ||
+ | diskcomp - Compare a disk with another disk.<BR> | ||
+ | diskcopy - Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.<BR> | ||
+ | doskey - Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.<BR> | ||
+ | dosshell - A GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.<BR> | ||
+ | drivparm - Enables overwrite of original device drivers.<BR> | ||
+ | echo - Displays messages and enables and disables echo.<BR> | ||
+ | edit - View and edit files.<BR> | ||
+ | edlin - View and edit files.<BR> | ||
+ | emm386 - Load extended Memory Manager.<BR> | ||
+ | ename - console command to enable a disable service or driver.<BR> | ||
+ | endlocal - Stops the localization of the environment changes enabled by the setlocal command.<BR> | ||
+ | erase - Erase files from computer.<BR> | ||
+ | exit - Exit from the command interpreter.<BR> | ||
+ | expand - Expand a Microsoft Windows file back to it's original format.<BR> | ||
+ | extract - Extract files from the Microsoft Windows cabinets.<BR> | ||
+ | fasthelp - Displays a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them.<BR> | ||
+ | fc - Compare files.<BR> | ||
+ | fdisk - Utility used to create partitions on the hard disk drive.<BR> | ||
+ | find - Search for text within a file.<BR> | ||
+ | findstr - Searches for a string of text within a file.<BR> | ||
+ | fixboot - Writes a new boot sector.<BR> | ||
+ | fixmbr - Writes a new boot record to a disk drive.<BR> | ||
+ | for - Boolean used in batch files.<BR> | ||
+ | format - Command to erase and prepare a disk drive.<BR> | ||
+ | ftp - Command to connect and operate on a FTP server.<BR> | ||
+ | ftype - Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.<BR> | ||
+ | goto - Moves a batch file to a specific label or location.<BR> | ||
+ | graftabl - Show extended characters in graphics mode.<BR> | ||
+ | help - Display a listing of commands and brief explanation.<BR> | ||
+ | if - Allows for batch files to perform conditional processing.<BR> | ||
+ | ipconfig - Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.<BR> | ||
+ | keyb - Change layout of keyboard.<BR> | ||
+ | label - Change the label of a disk drive.<BR> | ||
+ | lh - Load a device driver in to high memory.<BR> | ||
+ | listsvc - console command that displays the services and drivers.<BR> | ||
+ | loadfix - Load a program above the first 64k.<BR> | ||
+ | loadhigh - Load a device driver in to high memory.<BR> | ||
+ | lock - Lock the hard disk drive.<BR> | ||
+ | logoff - Logoff the currently profile using the computer.<BR> | ||
+ | logon - console command to list installations and enable administrator login.<BR> | ||
+ | map - Displays the device name of a drive.<BR> | ||
+ | md - Command to create a new directory.<BR> | ||
+ | mem - Display memory on system.<BR> | ||
+ | mkdir - Command to create a new directory.<BR> | ||
+ | mode - Modify the port or display settings.<BR> | ||
+ | more - Display one page at a time.<BR> | ||
+ | move - Move one or more files from one directory to another directory.<BR> | ||
+ | msav - Early Microsoft Virus scanner.<BR> | ||
+ | msd - Diagnostics utility.<BR> | ||
+ | msdex - Utility used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.<BR> | ||
+ | nbtstat - Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT<BR> | ||
+ | net - Update, fix, or view the network or network settings<BR> | ||
+ | netsh - Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.<BR> | ||
+ | netstat - Display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.<BR> | ||
+ | nlsfunc - Load country specific information.<BR> | ||
+ | nslookup - Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.<BR> | ||
+ | path - View and modify the computers path location.<BR> | ||
+ | pathping - View and locate locations of network latency.<BR> | ||
+ | pause - Command used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.<BR> | ||
+ | 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> | ||
+ | power - Conserve power with computer portables. <BR> | ||
+ | print - Prints data to a printer port.<BR> | ||
+ | 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> | ||
+ | qbasic - Open the QBasic.<BR> | ||
+ | rd - Removes an empty directory.<BR> | ||
+ | ren - Renames a file or directory.<BR> | ||
+ | rename - Renames a file or directory.<BR> | ||
+ | rmdir - Removes an empty directory.<BR> | ||
+ | route - View and configure windows network route tables.<BR> | ||
+ | runas - Enables a user to run a program as a different user.<BR> | ||
+ | scandisk - Run the scandisk utility.<BR> | ||
+ | scanreg - Scan registry and recover registry from errors.<BR> | ||
+ | set - Change one variable or string to another. <BR> | ||
+ | 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> | ||
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Revision as of 22:53, 29 November 2010
append - Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.
arp - Displays, adds, and removes arp information from network devices.
assign - Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter.
assoc - View the file associations.
at - Schedule a time to execute commands or programs.
atmadm - Lists connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.
attrib - Display and change file attributes.
batch
console command that executes a series of commands in a file.
bootcfg
console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini
break - Enable / disable CTRL + C feature.
cacls - View and modify file ACL's.
call - Calls a batch file from another batch file.
cd - Changes directories.
chcp - Supplement the International keyboard and character set information.
chdir - Changes directories.
chdsk - Check the hard disk drive running FAT for errors.
chkntfs - Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors.
choice - Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file.
cls - Clears the screen.
cmd - Opens the command interpreter. -
color - Easily change the foreground and background color of the MS-DOS window.
command - Opens the command interpreter. -
comp - Compares files.
compact - Compresses and uncompress files.
control - Open Control Panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.
convert - Convert FAT to NTFS.
copy - Copy one or more files to an alternate location.
ctty - Change the computers input/output devices.
date - View or change the systems date.
debug - Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.
defrag - Re-arrange the hard disk drive to help with loading programs.
del - Deletes one or more files.
delete - console command that deletes a file.
deltree - Deletes one or more files and/or directories.
dir - List the contents of one or more directory.
disable
console command that disables Windows system services or drivers.
diskcomp - Compare a disk with another disk.
diskcopy - Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.
doskey - Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.
dosshell - A GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.
drivparm - Enables overwrite of original device drivers.
echo - Displays messages and enables and disables echo.
edit - View and edit files.
edlin - View and edit files.
emm386 - Load extended Memory Manager.
ename - console command to enable a disable service or driver.
endlocal - Stops the localization of the environment changes enabled by the setlocal command.
erase - Erase files from computer.
exit - Exit from the command interpreter.
expand - Expand a Microsoft Windows file back to it's original format.
extract - Extract files from the Microsoft Windows cabinets.
fasthelp - Displays a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them.
fc - Compare files.
fdisk - Utility used to create partitions on the hard disk drive.
find - Search for text within a file.
findstr - Searches for a string of text within a file.
fixboot - Writes a new boot sector.
fixmbr - Writes a new boot record to a disk drive.
for - Boolean used in batch files.
format - Command to erase and prepare a disk drive.
ftp - Command to connect and operate on a FTP server.
ftype - Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.
goto - Moves a batch file to a specific label or location.
graftabl - Show extended characters in graphics mode.
help - Display a listing of commands and brief explanation.
if - Allows for batch files to perform conditional processing.
ipconfig - Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.
keyb - Change layout of keyboard.
label - Change the label of a disk drive.
lh - Load a device driver in to high memory.
listsvc - console command that displays the services and drivers.
loadfix - Load a program above the first 64k.
loadhigh - Load a device driver in to high memory.
lock - Lock the hard disk drive.
logoff - Logoff the currently profile using the computer.
logon - console command to list installations and enable administrator login.
map - Displays the device name of a drive.
md - Command to create a new directory.
mem - Display memory on system.
mkdir - Command to create a new directory.
mode - Modify the port or display settings.
more - Display one page at a time.
move - Move one or more files from one directory to another directory.
msav - Early Microsoft Virus scanner.
msd - Diagnostics utility.
msdex - Utility used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.
nbtstat - Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT
net - Update, fix, or view the network or network settings
netsh - Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.
netstat - Display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.
nlsfunc - Load country specific information.
nslookup - Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.
path - View and modify the computers path location.
pathping - View and locate locations of network latency.
pause - Command used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.
ping - Test / send information to another network computer or network device.
popd - Changes to the directory or network path stored by the pushd command.
power - Conserve power with computer portables.
print - Prints data to a printer port.
prompt - View and change the MS-DOS prompt.
pushd - Stores a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time.
qbasic - Open the QBasic.
rd - Removes an empty directory.
ren - Renames a file or directory.
rename - Renames a file or directory.
rmdir - Removes an empty directory.
route - View and configure windows network route tables.
runas - Enables a user to run a program as a different user.
scandisk - Run the scandisk utility.
scanreg - Scan registry and recover registry from errors.
set - Change one variable or string to another.
setlocal - Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything else.
setver - Change MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs.
share - Installs support for file sharing and locking capabilities.
shift - Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program.
shutdown - Shutdown the computer from the MS-DOS prompt.
smartdrv - Create a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory.
sort - Sorts the input and displays the output to the screen.
start - Start a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt.
subst - Substitute a folder on your computer for another drive letter.
switches - Remove add functions from MS-DOS.
sys - Transfer system files to disk drive.
telnet - Telnet to another computer / device from the prompt.
time - View or modify the system time.
title - Change the title of their MS-DOS window.
tracert - Visually view a network packets route across a network.
tree - View a visual tree of the hard disk drive.
type - Display the contents of a file.
undelete - Undelete a file that has been deleted.
unformat - Unformat a hard disk drive.
unlock - Unlock a disk drive.
ver - Display the version information.
verify - Enables or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly.
vol - Displays the volume information about the designated drive.
xcopy - Copy multiple files, directories, and/or drives from one location to another.