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DOS Commands - Complete List

ATTRIB

CD

CLS

COPY

DATE

DEL

DELTREE

DIR

DOSKEY

ECHO

EDIT

FDISK

FORMAT

HELP

IPCONFIG

MD (MKDIR)

MSCDEX

NET

PATH

PAUSE

PING

RD (RMDIR)

REN (RENAME)

SCANDISK

SWITCHES

SYS

TIME

TRACERT

 

TYPE

VER

WILD CARDS

DOS filenames are limited to eight letters with a three letter extension. The extension is used as a file descriptor.

README.TXT - text file

AUTOEXEC.BAT - batch file

EXCEL.EXE - executable program file

List of common file extensions

If the filename is longer than 8.3 (often the case for Win98 files), it is truncated.

march_30_meeting_notes.doc ----> march~01.doc

To run a program, type the file name (with or without the three letter extension). The file extension for programs must be EXE COM or BAT.

notepad <enter> - starts the text editor built into Windows

To switch between drives, type the drive letter

i: <enter>

ATTRIB

Display or modify attributes (System, Hidden, Read Only, Archive) of specified files

CD

Change directory to the specified directory

CLS

Clear the screen

COPY

Copy files from one disk or directory to another

DATE

Display or modify the date set in computer BIOS

DEL

Delete specified file(s)

DELTREE

Delete specified directory and all files in specified directory (use with caution)

DIR

Display the files in current or specified directory

DOSKEY

Active the program that remembers all commands entered at the prompt

ECHO

All text following the ECHO command is repeated to the screen

EDIT

The DOS text editor program

FDISK

Low level disk utility used to create of delete disk partitions

FORMAT

Formats specified disk

HELP

Displays list of files that contain help information

IPCONFIG - WINIPCFG (Win9x)

Displays or modifies the IP settings of the computer

MD (MKDIR)

Make a directory of the specified name

MSCDEX

CD ROM redirector used to activate access to CD ROM drives

NET

Displays or modifies network settings

PATH

Specifies the location(s) DOS looks to find files being executed

PAUSE

Used to delay a process until "any key" is pressed

PING

Command used to call other IP numbers on the network

RD (RMDIR)

Remove directory specified. Only works if directory is empty

REN (RENAME)

Rename specified file or directory

SCANDISK

Utility used to check integrity of hard disk

SWITCHES

Extra settings added after a program or utility - DIR C:\WINDOWS /A:H

SYS

Copies system files to specified disk making the disk bootable

TIME

Displays or modifies system time

TRACERT

Utility used to see what route a packet takes as it "hops" across the network

TYPE

Displays the contents of the specified file to the screen

VER

Shows the version of the operating system

WILD CARDS

Extra settings that define catorgories of files to display or modify - DIR *.EXE