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- IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER ON-LINE HELP
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- Description of all Available Commands
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- Name Type Description
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- ANSI IBMDOS Enhanced display and keyboard device driver
- ARC Public Performs maintenance functions on archive type files
- ASK Public Batch sub-command to branch on the response to a question
- ASSIGN IBMDOS Routes all requests for a disk drive to another drive
- ATTRIB IBMDOS Displays and resets the read-only file attribute
- BACKUP IBMDOS Backs up one or more files from a hard disk to diskettes
- BASICA IBMDOS Invokes the Advanced BASIC interpretter program editor
- BEEP Norton Sounds a tone on the system speaker
- BREAK IBMDOS Controls the state of the DOS Ctrl-Break checking feature
- CHDIR IBMDOS Changes the DOS current directory
- CHKDIR Public Reports on the allocation status of directories and memory
- CHKDSK IBMDOS Reports on the allocation status of disk drives and memory
- CHMODE Public Changes the attributes of files
- CLS IBMDOS Clears and resets the display screen
- COMMAND IBMDOS Invokes a secondary command processor
- COMP IBMDOS Compares the contents of two sets of files
- COMPARE UsrSup Compares two text files and lists the differences
- COPY IBMDOS Copies files between devices or concatonates/renames files
- CTTY IBMDOS Changes the standard input and output consoles
- CURSOR Public Control the size of the cursor
- DATE IBMDOS Displays and accepts changes to the internal system date
- DEBUG IBMDOS Displays and allows changes to executable files and memory
- DEL IBMDOS Removes selected files from a disk
- DIR IBMDOS Displays selected disk directory entries
- DISKCOMP IBMDOS Compares the contents of two diskettes
- DISKCOPY IBMDOS Copies one diskette to another
- DPATH Public Extends the directory search path for non-executable files
- DS Norton Sorts the entries in a disk directory
- DT Norton Tests a disk for bad sectors and repairs some damage
- EDLIN IBMDOS Provides a crude line editing capability
- ERASE IBMDOS Removes selected files from a disk
- EXE2BIN IBMDOS Converts .EXE files to .COM compatible format
- FA Norton Displays and changes the read-only and archive attributes
- FDISK IBMDOS Displays,creates and changes hard disk partitions
- FF Norton Displays the paths to specified files on a disk
- FGREP Public Searches for patterns in text files
- FIND IBMDOS Lists lines from selected files containing specified string
- FORMAT IBMDOS Initializes diskettes and hard disks to accept data
- FS Norton Displays and summarizes the size of files
- GRAFTABL IBMDOS Loads an extended character set for the graphics adapter
- GRAPHICS IBMDOS Permits graphics screen prints on an IBM Graphics Printer
- HELP Public Displays a brief description of each available command
- JOIN IBMDOS Connects a drive to a directory on another drive
- KEYBxx IBMDOS Loads alternate keyboard programs for European characters
- LABEL IBMDOS Displays and allows changes to volume labels on disks
- LD Norton Lists all the directories on a disk
- LINK IBMDOS Links object modules into relocatable run modules
- LIST Public Displays the contents of a file with positioning control
- LP Norton Prints text files with margin, numbering and mode control
- LU Public Manipulates .LBR type library files
- MAP Public Displays the addresses and vectors of resident programs
- MKDIR IBMDOS Creates a sub-directory on the specified disk
- MODE IBMDOS Controls the mode of printers and serial ports
- MORE IBMDOS Displays data from the standard input device by the page
- NU Norton Displays file data and allows erased files to be recovered
- PATH IBMDOS Extends the search path for command and batch files
- PAUSE2 Public Batch sub-command that prompts the user for a response
- PCUTIL Public Performs a variety of screen and system functions
- PRINT IBMDOS Prints a spooled queue of files on the printer
- PROMPT IBMDOS Changes the system prompt
- QU Norton Quickly recovers erased files
- RDIR Public Changes the name of a sub-directory
- RECOVER IBMDOS Recovers files from a diskette with a defective sector
- RED Public Moves specified files to another sub-directory
- RENAME IBMDOS Changes the name of a file
- RESTORE IBMDOS Restores files backed up on diskettes to a hard disk
- RMDIR IBMDOS Removes an empty sub-directory from a disk
- SA Norton Controls the attributes of the display device
- SCRN Public Blanks the display after variable interval of inactivity
- SD Public Displays a sorted directory in a variety of formats
- SDIR UsrSup Displays a sorted directory with command options
- SELECT IBMDOS Selects the keyboard layout and date and time formats
- SET IBMDOS Inserts replacement character strings into the environment
- SHARE IBMDOS Loads resident support for file sharing
- SI Norton Displays a variety of information about the system
- SORT IBMDOS Writes sorted data from the input device to output device
- SORTF Public Writes sorted data from the input device to output device
- SQPC Public Squeezes files to take up less space
- SUBST IBMDOS Substitutes a drive specified for another drive or path
- SYS IBMDOS Transfers the system files to a diskette
- TD Public Displays a tree directory with many options
- TIME IBMDOS Changes the system time
- TM Norton Displays current date and time and calculates elapsed time
- TREE IBMDOS Displays all directory paths found on the specified drive
- TS Norton Searches for character strings in text files
- TYPE IBMDOS Displays the contents of a file on the screen
- UD Norton Recovers a removed sub-directory
- USQ Public Unsqueezes previously squeezed files
- VDISK IBMDOS Defines a virtual RAM disk device driver of variable size
- VER IBMDOS Displays the version of the current operating system
- VERIFY IBMDOS Verifies that data is correctly written to a diskette
- VL Norton Displays and allows changes to the volume label of disks
- VOL IBMDOS Displays the volume identification of the specified drive
- WAITUNTL Public Allows a batch file to executed at a specified time
- WIPEDISK Norton Overwrites the data on a disk
- WIPEFILE Norton Overwrites the data on selected files
- WD Public Batch sub-command that saves and returns to a directory
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- Type Key : Public Public domain utility
- UsrSup User supported software
- Norton Norton Utility V3.1 command
- IBMDOS IBM PC DOS 3.10 command