What are some examples
of common DOS
commands? |
| Note:
replace
the drive letter as needed for your own computer. Also, you can type these commands in
either upper or lower case letters, because DOS does not distinguish case. |
| help |
list commands (only in DOS
versions 5 or later) |
| help command |
get help on the DOS command
"command" |
| command /? |
list switches for the DOS
command "command" |
| path=c:\windows;c:\dos |
specify in which directories
DOS searches for commands or programs |
| prompt $p$g |
make the DOS prompt display
the current directory |
| dir |
list files in the current
directory in one column |
| dir /w |
list files in five columns |
| dir /p |
list files one page at a
time |
| dir *.exe |
list all files with an
"EXE" extension |
| dir z???.exe |
list "EXE" files
that have four letters and start with z |
| dir winsock.dll /s |
searches for the file
"winsock.dll" in the current directory |
| type file.ext |
view the contents of the
text file "file.ext" |
| edit file.ext |
use the DOS 5 editor to edit
the file "file.ext" |
| a: |
change to the A: drive |
| md c:\myfiles |
make a new subdirectory
named "myfiles" |
| cd c:\myfiles |
change to subdirectory
"myfiles" |
| rd c:\myfiles |
remove the existing
subdirectory named "myfiles" |
| del file.ext |
delete a file named
"file.ext" |
| ren f1 f2 |
rename file "f1"
to "f2" |
| copy f1 f2 |
copy file "f1" to
"f2" |
| verify on |
turn on verification of copy
commands |
| verify off |
turn off verification of
copy commands |
| xcopy d1 d2 /s |
copy all files and
subdirectories in directory "d1" |
| xcopy d1 d2 /p |
ask for confirmation of each
file before copying |
| diskcopy a: b: |
duplicate a disk using two
floppy drives |
| diskcopy a: a: |
duplicate a disk using the
same floppy drive |
| format a: |
format a floppy disk in
drive a: |
| format a: /s: |
format a bootable floppy
disk (include system) |
| backup c:\d1\*.txt
a: |
back up all files with the
extension ".TXT" in "c:\d1\" to the "a:" floppy drive |
| backup c:\ a: /s |
back up the entire C: drive
to floppy drive a: |
| restore a:
c:\d1\*.txt |
restore certain files to C:
from A: |
| restore a: c:\ /s |
restore backed-up files and
subdirectories |
| ver |
check the version of DOS |
| time |
check or correct the system
time |
| date |
check or correct the system
date |
| cls |
clear the screen |
| scandisk |
scans and checks disk C for
errors |
| chkdsk |
check disk and memory usage
of the current disk |
| chkdsk /f |
fix errors reported by
chkdsk |
| chkdsk filename |
check a particular file |
| chkdsk a: |
check a particular disk (a
floppy in the a: drive) |
| mem |
check memory usage |
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