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- You should learn how to use these first. They are the most frequently
- used DOS commands and keyboard commands.
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- DOS COMMAND WHAT IT DOES
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- C: tells DOS the default place to look for files
- is disk drive C:
- CD change which directory is the current directory.
- COPY copy one file to another file or to the printer.
- DEL delete any file other than a directory.
- DIR display the filenames in a directory.
- MORE display the contents of a file on the screen
- one screen at a time.
- TYPE display the contents of a file on the screen or
- on the printer.
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- Keyboard Command WHAT IT DOES
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- Ctrl-Alt-Del reboots the computer.
- Ctrl-Break breaks (interrupts) the current program.
- Ctrl-NumLock freezes output to the screen.
- Esc throws away a partially entered command without
- executing it and starts entering a new command.