DOS Commands

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(DOS Commands)

DOS Command 

CHDIR 

Displays the name of or changes the current directory . 

CHKDSK 

Checks a disk and displays a status 

report . 

CLS 

Clears the screen . 

COMP 

Compares two groups of files to find information that does not match . 

COPY 

Copies and appends files . 

DATE 

Displays and / or sets the system date . 

DEFRAG 

Optimizes disk performance by reorganizing the files on the disk .

DEL 

Deletes files from disk . 

DELTREE 

Deletes a directory including all files and subdirectories that are in it . 

DIR 

Displays directory of files and directories stored on disk . 

DISKCOMP 

Compares the contents of two diskettes.

ECHO 

Displays messages or turns on or off the display of commands in a batch file . 

EDIT 

Starts the MS - DOS editor , a text editor used to create and edit ASCII text files . 

EXIT 

Exits a secondary command processor .

EXPAND 

Expands a compressed file . 

FASTHELP 

Displays a list of DOS commands with a brief explanation of each . 

FIND 

Finds and reports the location of a specific string of text characters in one or more files . 

FOR 

Performs repeated execution of commands ( for both batch processing and interactive processing ) . 

FORMAT 

Formats a disk to accept DOS files . 

GRAPHICS 

Provides a way to print contents of a graphics screen display .

IF 

Allows for conditional operations in batch processing . 

LABEL 

Creates or changes or deletes a volume label for a disk . 

MEM 

Displays amount of installed and available memory , including extended , expanded , and upper memory . 

MKDIR 

Creates a new subdirectory . 

MORE 

Sends output to console , one screen at a time . 

MOVE 

Moves one or more files to the location you specify .Can also be used to rename directories.

PATH 

Sets or displays directories that will be searched for programs not in the current directory 

RENAME

 Changes the filename under which a file is stored . 

RMDIR 

Removes a subdirectory . 

SORT 

Sorts input and sends it to the screen or to a 

file . 

XCOPY 

Copies directories , subdirectories , and files .