MOHAMMED IRFAN
PH: 00971-55-9102989,
DUBAI, U.A.E.
MS-DOS COMMANDS
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1) INTERNAL COMMANDS
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1) CLS
TO CLEAR THE SCREEN.
2) DIR
TO DISPLAY THE LIST OF FILES AND DIRECTORIES.
3) COPY CON <FILE NAME>
TO MAKE A FILE.
4) CONTROL + Z (OR) F6
TO SAVE A FILE
5) TYPE <FILE NAME>
TO READ THE CONTENTS OF A FILE.
6) REN <OLD-NAME> <NEW-NAME>
TO CHANGE THE NAME OF A FILE.
7) VOL
TO SEE THE VOLUME LABEL OF THE DISK
8) VER
TO SEE THE DOS VERSION.
9) DEL <FILE NAME>
TO DELETE A FILE.
10) DATE
TO SEE THE CURRENT DATE.
11) TIME
TO SEE THE CURRENT TIME.
12) DIR/P
TO DISPLAY THE LIST OF FILES AND DIRECTORIES PAGE WISE.
13) DIR/W
TO DISPLAY THE LIST OF FILES AND DIRECTORIES
WIDTH WISE (IN COLUMNS).
14) DIR/S/P
TO DISPLAY THE LIST OF FILES AND DIRECTORIES
INCLUDING SUBDIRECTORIES.
15) DIR/AD
TO DISPLAY ONLY DIRECTORIES.
16) DIR/O:N
TO DISPLAY THE LIST OF FILES AND DIRECTORIES IN THE
ASCENDING ORDER OF NAMES.
17) DIR/O:-N
TO DISPLAY THE LIST OF FILES AND DIRECTORIES IN THE
DESCENDING ORDER OF NAMES.
18) DIR/O:E
TO DISPLAY THE LIST OF FILES AND DIRECTORIES IN THE
ASCENDING ORDER OF EXTENSION OF FILES.
19) DIR/O:-E
TO DISPLAY THE LIST OF FILES AND DIRECTORIES IN THE
DESCENDING ORDER OF EXTENSION OF FILES.
20) DIR/O:S
TO DISPLAY THE LIST OF FILES AND DIRECTORIES IN THE
ASCENDING ORDER OF SIZE.
21) DIR/O:-S
TO DISPLAY THE LIST OF FILES AND DIRECTORIES IN THE
fDESCENDING ORDER OF SIZE.
22) DIR/O:D
TO DISPLAY THE LIST OF FILES AND DIRECTORIES IN THE
ASCENDING ORDER OF DATE.
23) DIR/O:-D
TO DISPLAY THE LIST OF FILES AND DIRECTORIES IN THE
DESCENDING ORDER OF DATE.
24) COPY <SOURCE-FILE> <TARGET-FILE>
TO COPY A FILE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
25) CONTROL + C
TO STOP A DOS COMMAND.
26) MD <DIRECTORY NAME>
TO MAKE A DIRECTORY.
27) CD <DIRECTORY NAME>
TO ENTER INTO A DIRECTORY.
28) CD.. (0R) CD\
TO EXIT FROM A DIRECTORY.
29) RD <DIRECTORY NAME>
TO REMOVE A DIRECTORY.
30) PROMPT
TO CHANGE THE PROMPT
$P PROMPT ( C:\ )
$G GREATER THAN SIGN ( > )
$L LESS THAN SIGN ( < )
$Q EQUAL TO SIGN ( = )
$B BAR ( | )
$T CURRENT TIME
$D CURRENT DATE
$V VERSION NUMBER
$_ NEW LINE
2) EXTERNAL COMMANDS
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31) MOVE <SOURCE FILE> <TARGET FILE>
TO MOVE A FILE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER PLACE.
32) MORE <FILE-NAME>
TO SEE THE CONTENTS OF A FILE PAGE WISE.
33) CHKDSK <DRIVE NAME>
TO SEE THE STATUS OF THE DISK.
34) SCANDISK <DRIVE NAME>
TO CHECK AND FIX THE ERRORS OF THE DISK.
35) XCOPY <SOURCE DIRECTORY> <TARGET DIRECTORY>
TO COPY ALL FILES AND SUBDIRECTORIES OF THE DIRECTORY.
36) LABEL <DRIVE NAME>
TO SEE AND CHANGE THE VOLUME LABEL OF THE DISK.
37) MODE 40 (OR) 80
TO CHANGE THE SIZE OF THE TEXT ON SCREEN.
38) EDIT
TO EDIT A FILE USING FULL SCREEN EDITOR.
39) SORT
TO SORT A FILE ACCORDING TO ANY CHARACTER POSITION.
40) ATTRIB <+R / -R> OR <+H / -H>
TO MAKE A FILE READ ONLY OR HIDDEN.
41) DELTREE <DIRECTORY NAME>
TO DELETE THE ENTIRE DIRECTORY WITH ALL ITS SUBDIRECTORIES.
42) MEM
TO SEE THE MEMORY OF THE SYSTEM.
43) DOSKEY
TO EDIT AND RECALL COMMAND LINES USING ARROW KEYS.
44) FORMAT A:
TO MAKE A NEW FLOPPY READY FOR WRITING BY THE COMPUTER.
45) DISKCOPY A: B:
TO MAKE A DUPLICATE COPY OF THE DISK.
