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.