| COMMAND |
DESCRIPTION |
| ANSI.SYS |
Defines functions that change display graphics, control cursor movement, and reassign keys. |
| 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 |
Recovery console command that executes a series of commands in a file. |
| BOOTCFG |
Recovery 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. |
| CHKDSK |
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 |
Recovery 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 |
Recovery 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. |
| ENABLE |
Recovery 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. |
| IFSHLP.SYS |
32-bit file manager. |
| 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 |
Recovery 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. |
| LOGON |
Recovery 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. |
| MSCDEX |
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 execute a program on another computer. |
| 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. |
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