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- DOS COMMAND FUNCTIONAL INDEX
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- Curiously, most computer manuals list DOS commands arranged
- alphabetically rather than by FUNCTION, in logical groupings.
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- Next, a brief functional index which is helpful for most
- beginners. PC-Learn tutorials do not attempt to present every
- DOS command, since some are best reviewed from your primary DOS
- manual. However, once you study this index, you will probably be
- able to locate the DOS command you need in your DOS manual.
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- File management commands:
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- ATTRIB Change or display file attributes
- COMP Compare two files
- COPY Copy one or several files
- DEL Delete one or several files
- DIR Display directory listing
- ERASE Delete one or several files
- FC Compare two files
- RENAME (REN) Rename file or files
- REPLACE Replace current files
- VERIFY Turn on/off write accuracy verification check
- XCOPY Copy one or several files
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- Disk management commands:
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- ASSIGN Redirect disk access to alternate drive
- CHDIR (CD) Change directory, display current directory
- CHKDSK Check disk/files for fragmention, optional repair
- DISKCOMP Compare floppy diskettes
- DISKCOPY Produce identical copy of diskette
- JOIN Join a drive to a directory
- MKDIR (MD) Make a directory on disk
- RMDIR (RD) Remove a directory from disk
- SUBST Substitute drive for a directory
- TREE Display directory organization of disk
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- DOS command, help, menu and screen commands:
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- APPEND Set search path for non executable file
- CLS Clear the monitor screen
- COMMAND Start the central command processor
- DOSKEY Start command line enchancer/macro features
- DOSSHELL Start DOS shell/menu features/task switching
- EXPAND Expand file(s) from stored/compressed state
- HELP Display help for one or more DOS commands
- PATH Set search path for executable files
- PROMPT Configure the displayed screen prompt
- SET Set environment variable
- SETVER Set/reset DOS version number
- VER Display version of DOS
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- File disaster/recovery/prevention commands:
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- BACKUP Backup hard disk files to floppies
- MIRROR Backup partition table/create delete tracking file
- RECOVER Recover damaged files
- RESTORE Restore files backed up with BACKUP
- SHARE Start file-sharing utility for LAN networks
- UNDELETE Recover accidentally deleted files
- UNFORMAT Unformat/recover formatted disk
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- Batch file commands:
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- CALL Call/start one batch file from another
- ECHO Turn on/off screen echo, display message
- EXIT Stop command processor
- FOR Run command once for each element of a repetition
- GOTO Jump to another line of a batch program
- IF Run command if condition stated is satisfied
- PAUSE Pause batch program execution until key press
- REM Remark/comment in batch program
- SHIFT Shift replaceable parameters to left
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- Text file commands:
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- EDIT Start full screen editor/mini-word processor
- EDLIN Start rudimentary line editor
- FIND Locate a search string of characters
- MORE Display data one screen at a time
- SORT Sort text file data into sequential order
- TYPE Display internal contents of file
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- Disk setup and configuration commands:
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- FASTOPEN Install cache for rapid disk use
- FDISK Configure hard disk partition(s)
- FORMAT Prepare disk to receive data
- LABEL Modify, label or delete disk volume label
- SYS Copy DOS system files to disk
- VOL Display disk volume label and serial number
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- RAM Memory setup and configuration commands:
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- EMM386 Install 80386 high memory manager
- LOADFIX Load program above 64K memory area
- LOADHIGH Load program into upper memory area
- MEM Display memory use map
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- Hardware setup, keyboard, printing and configuration commands:
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- BREAK Turn on/off break testing
- CHCP Change code page (foreign keyboard)
- CTTY Set console device
- DATE Display or set date
- GRAFTABL Install graphics characters (foreign keyboard)
- GRAPHICS Install graphics screen printing capability
- KEYB Install alternate keyboard layout
- MODE Configure printer or modem ports, screen
- NLSFUNC Install language support capabilities
- PRINT Print spooler installation
- TIME Display or set time
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- Writing programs, changing programs:
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- DEBUG Start machine code debugger/assembler
- EXE2BIN Convert EXE format file to COM format file
- QBASIC Start Quick Basic interpreter programming
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