MS-DOS and command line overview
Below is a listing of each of the MS-DOS commands
currently listed on Just Knowledge and a brief explanation of what each of the commands do.
The below commands are all MS-DOS commands, which means not all the below
commands will work in your version of MS-DOS or Windows command line.
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Command
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Description
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Type
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ansi.sys
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Defines
functions that change display graphics, control cursor movement, and reassign
keys.
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File
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append
|
Causes
MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.
|
External
|
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arp
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Displays,
adds, and removes arp information from network devices.
|
External
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assign
|
Assign
a drive letter to an alternate letter.
|
External
|
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assoc
|
View
the file associations.
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Internal
|
|
at
|
Schedule
a time to execute commands or programs.
|
External
|
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atmadm
|
Lists
connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.
|
Internal
|
|
attrib
|
Display
and change file attributes.
|
External
|
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batch
|
Recovery
console command that executes a series of commands in a file.
|
Recovery
|
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bootcfg
|
Recovery
console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini
|
Recovery
|
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break
|
Enable
and disable CTRL + C feature.
|
Internal
|
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cacls
|
View
and modify file ACL's.
|
External
|
|
call
|
Calls
a batch file from another batch file.
|
Internal
|
|
cd
|
Changes
directories.
|
Internal
|
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chcp
|
Supplement
the International keyboard and character set information.
|
External
|
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chdir
|
Changes
directories.
|
Internal
|
|
chdsk
|
Check the hard drive running FAT for errors.
|
External
|
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chkntfs
|
Check the hard drive running NTFS for errors.
|
External
|
|
choice
|
Specify
a listing of multiple options within a batch file.
|
External
|
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cls
|
Clears
the screen.
|
Internal
|
|
cmd
|
Opens
the command interpreter.
|
Internal
|
|
color
|
Change
the foreground and background color of the MS-DOS window.
|
Internal
|
|
command
|
Opens
the command interpreter.
|
Internal
|
|
comp
|
Compares
files.
|
External
|
|
compact
|
Compresses
and uncompress files.
|
External
|
|
control
|
Open
Control Panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.
|
External
|
|
convert
|
Convert FAT to NTFS.
|
External
|
|
copy
|
Copy
one or more files to an alternate location.
|
Internal
|
|
ctty
|
Change
the computers input/output devices.
|
Internal
|
|
View
or change the systems date.
|
||
|
Debug
utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.
|
||
|
Re-arrange
the hard drive to help with loading programs.
|
||
|
Deletes
one or more files.
|
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|
Recovery
console command that deletes a file.
|
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|
Deletes
one or more files or directories.
|
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|
List
the contents of one or more directory.
|
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|
Recovery
console command that disables Windows system services or drivers.
|
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|
Compare
a disk with another disk.
|
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|
Copy
the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.
|
||
|
Command
to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.
|
||
|
A
GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.
|
||
|
Enables
overwrite of original device drivers.
|
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|
Displays
messages and enables and disables echo.
|
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|
View
and edit files.
|
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|
View
and edit files.
|
||
|
Load
extended Memory Manager.
|
||
|
Recovery
console command to enable a disable service or driver.
|
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|
Erase
files from computer.
|
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|
Exit
from the command interpreter.
|
||
|
Expand
a Microsoft Windows file back to it's original format.
|
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|
Extract
files from the Microsoft Windows cabinets.
|
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|
Displays
a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them.
|
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|
Compare
files.
|
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|
Utility
used to create partitions on the hard drive.
|
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|
Search
for text within a file.
|
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|
Searches
for a string of text within a file.
|
||
|
Writes
a new boot sector.
|
||
|
Writes
a new boot record to a disk drive.
|
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|
Boolean
used in batch files.
|
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|
Command
to erase and prepare a disk drive.
|
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|
Displays
or modifies file types used in file extension associations.
|
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|
Moves
a batch file to a specific label or location.
|
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|
Show
extended characters in graphics mode.
|
||
|
Display
a listing of commands and brief explanation.
|
||
|
32-bit
file manager.
|
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|
Network
command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.
|
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|
Change
layout of keyboard.
|
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|
Change
the label of a disk drive.
|
||
|
Load
a device driver in to high memory.
|
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|
Recovery
console command that displays the services and drivers.
|
||
|
Load
a program above the first 64k.
|
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|
Load
a device driver in to high memory.
|
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|
Lock
the hard drive.
|
||
|
Logoff
the currently profile using the computer.
|
||
|
Recovery
console command to list installations and enable administrator login.
|
||
|
Displays
the device name of a drive.
|
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|
Command
to create a new directory.
|
||
|
Display
memory on system.
|
||
|
Command
to create a new directory.
|
||
|
Modify
the port or display settings.
|
||
|
Display
one page at a time.
|
||
|
Move
one or more files from one directory to another directory.
|
||
|
Early
Microsoft Virus scanner.
|
||
|
Diagnostics
utility.
|
||
|
Utility
used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.
|
||
|
Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP
connections using NBT
|
||
|
Update,
fix, or view the network or network settings
|
||
|
Configure
dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.
|
||
|
Load
country specific information.
|
||
|
Look
up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.
|
||
|
View
and modify the computers path location.
|
||
|
View
and locate locations of network latency.
|
||
|
Command
used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.
|
||
|
Test
and send information to another network computer or network device.
|
||
|
Conserve
power with computer portables.
|
||
|
Prints
data to a printer port.
|
||
|
Stores
a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time.
|
||
|
Open
the QBasic.
|
||
|
Removes
an empty directory.
|
||
|
Renames
a file or directory.
|
||
|
Renames
a file or directory.
|
||
|
Removes
an empty directory.
|
||
|
A
robust file copy command for the Windows command line.
|
||
|
View
and configure windows network route tables.
|
||
|
Enables
a user to run a program as a different user.
|
||
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Run
the scandisk utility.
|
||
|
Scan
registry and recover registry from errors.
|
||
|
Change
one variable or string to another.
|
||
|
Enables
local environments to be changed without affecting anything else.
|
||
|
Change
MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs.
|
||
|
Installs
support for file sharing and locking capabilities.
|
||
|
Changes
the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program.
|
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|
Shutdown
the computer from the MS-DOS prompt.
|
||
|
Create
a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory.
|
||
|
Sorts
the input and displays the output to the screen.
|
||
|
Start
a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt.
|
||
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Substitute
a folder on your computer for another drive letter.
|
||
|
Remove
add functions from MS-DOS.
|
||
|
Transfer
system files to disk drive.
|
||
|
Telnet to another computer or device from the prompt.
|
||
|
View
or modify the system time.
|
||
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Change
the title of their MS-DOS window.
|
||
|
Visually
view a network packets route across a network.
|
||
|
View
a visual tree of the hard drive.
|
||
|
Display
the contents of a file.
|
||
|
Undelete
a file that has been deleted.
|
||
|
Unformat
a hard drive.
|
||
|
Unlock
a disk drive.
|
||
|
Display
the version information.
|
||
|
Enables
or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly.
|
||
|
Displays
the volume information about the designated drive.
|
Internal
|
|
|
Copy
multiple files, directories, or drives from one location to another.
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