MICROSOFT

DISK OPERATING SYSTEM

(MS-DOS)
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE
(DOS-CLI)

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 AN EXAMPLE OF MS-DOS'S COMMAND-LINE
INTERFACE, THIS ONE SHOWING THAT THE CURRENT
DIRECTORY IS THE ROOT OF DRIVE C.
DOS System Files
Internal DOS Command
External DOS Commands
.Used to denote three system files, two
hidden files and one visible file.

. COMMAND.COM - responsible for

displaying the prompt
.IO.SYS – handles the input and the output
between the computer and its peripheral
devices such as disks and printer.
 .
MSDOS.SYS – forms the heart of DOS. It
receive all request for DOS service functions
and converts them.
 These are some programs that
reside in memory as part of
DOS.
a. Cls g. Dir
b. Rename h. exit
c. Copy i. Type
d. vol j. Time
e. Date k. md
f. Del m. cd
They are loaded into memory after you switch on your computer. When
you type an internal command, MS-DOS performs it immediately.
 APPEND EDLIN
KEYB RESTORE
Programs that are ASSIGN EXE2BIN
contained on disks KEYBXX SETVER
ATTRIB FASTOPEN
as program files. LABEL SHARE
These files have the BACKUP FC
MODE SORT
extension .COM CHKDSK FDISK
or .EXE as part of MORE SUBST
COMMAND FIND
their name e.g. NLSFUNC SYS
FORMAT.COM COMP FORMAT
PRINT TREE
DELTREE GRAFTABL
RECOVER XCOPY
DISKCOMP JOIN
REPLACE DISKCOPY
Everyday DOS Activities
(most commonly used commands)
This section provides a brief introduction to the MS-
DOS activities that you are likely to perform most often.

ACTIVITY COMMAND NEEDED

Formatting a diskette FORMAT
Copying a diskette DISKCOPY
Copying a file COPY
Deleting a file DEL (ERASE)
Listing the files in a directory DIR
Making a new directory MD
Changing from one directory to another CD
Setting a command search path PATH
Display or changes file attributes ATTRIB
LET’S TRY THIS…
1) CLICK THE START BUTTON

2) FIND AND SELECT THE RUN

3) IN THE BLANK FIELD TYPE COMMAND
OR CMD AND HIT ENTER…

Now you are ready to enter your desired

command as necessary