Dos Commands
ATTRIB | displays or changes file attributes |
CHDIR or CD | displays the name of the current directory or changes the current directory |
CHKDSK | checks the status of a disk and displays a status report; it can also fix disk errors |
CLS | clears the screen |
COPY | copies one or more files to a destination you specify |
DEL | deletes the files you specify |
DELTREIE | deletes a directory and all the files and subdirectories that are in it |
DIR | displays the files and subdirectories that are in the directory you specify |
DISKCOPY | copies the entire contents of one floppy disk to another floppy disk. It writes over the existing contents of the destination disk as it copies the new information on it. |
ECHO | displays or hides the text in batch programs when the program is running. |
EDIT | starts MS-DOS Editor, a text editor you can use to create and edit ASCII text files. |
DEL or ERASE | deletes the files you specify |
EXIT | quits the MS-DOS command interpreter and returns to the program that started it, if one exists. |
FASTHELP | displays a list of all MS-DOS 6 commands and gives a short explanation of each. |
FIND | searches for a specific string of text in a file or files |
FORMAT | formats a disk for use with MS-DOS |
HELP | starts MS-DOS Help |
MKDIR or MD | creates a directory |
MEM | displays the amount of used and free memory on your computer |
MORE | displays one screen of output at a time |
MOVE | moves one or more files to the location you specify |
MSBACKUP | backs up or restores one or more files from one disk onto another |
MSD | Provides technical information about your computer |
prints a text file while you are using other MS-DOS commands | |
QBASIC | starts MS-DOS Qbasic |
RD or RMDIR | deletes a directory |
REN | changes the name of the file or files you specify |
RMDIR or RD | deletes a directory |
SCANDISK | starts a disk analysis and repair tool that checks a drive for errors and corrects any problems that it finds. |
TREIE | graphicaly displays the structure of a directory |
UNDELETE | restores files that were deleted previously by using the DEL command |
VER | displays the MS-DOS version number |
XCOPY | copies directories , their subdirectories, and files except hidden and system files. |
To get help from the dos window about any of the above command type "/?" followed by that particular command.