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Basic MS-Dos commands

Published by netty5, last update on Tuesday September 30, 2008 11:10:35 AM by netty5

Basic MS-Dos commands






Here is a list of basic commands that you can use in a DOS prompt (e.g. a using a boot disk).

To have additional information about these commands, type /? after entering the command in the DOS prompt (copy/?,dir/?..), this will normally open an help page.

The command prompts:

cd < directory name>

cd is the basic DOS command, it allows you to change directory.

dir [ name of directory]

dir allows you to list all contents of the specified directory.

copy <source> <destination>

Allows you to copy a file from a <source>folder to a <destination folder>.

del<file>

delete specific file.

move <source> <destination>

Allows you to move a file from a <source>folder to a <destination folder>.

ren <source> <destination>

Rename the specified file.

edit <filename>

Opens the default DOS editor to allow modification of specified file.

cls
Clear DOS screen.

exit
Leave the DOS terminal.
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