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Introduction:
· MS-DOS
stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System
· MS-Dos
is command line user interface OS
· Developed
by IBM
· It
has several versions
· To
work in DOS platform we need to know some basic commands
· With
help of MS-dos commands we can create windows batch file, which is used for
automate our bored stuffs.
To Open:
· Start->run->cmd
· To
maximize the window Alt+Enter
· To
save the file -> ctrl+Z
· To
close -> Use ‘exit’ command
List of DOS Commands:
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Command |
Description |
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Help |
To list the
DOS commands |
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Cls |
Clear the
screen |
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Dir |
View Directory |
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dir/p |
View Directory
page wise |
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dir/w |
View Directory
width wise |
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dir/AD |
View only
directories |
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dir/A-D |
View only
files |
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dir/QR |
View read only
files |
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dir/ON |
View files in
namewise |
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dir/OD |
View files in
datewise |
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dir/OS |
View files in
sizewise |
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dir/s/p |
View sub
directory |
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copy con
filename |
Create the
ifile |
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type filename |
Open the file |
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del filename |
Delete the
file |
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ren oldname
newname |
Rename the
file/directory |
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md dirname /
mkdir directoryname |
Creat the
directory |
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cd dirname /
chdir directoryname |
Open the
directory |
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rd dirname /
rmdir directoryname |
Delete the
directory |
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edit filename |
To Edit the
file |
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copy
existingfilename newfilename |
Copy from file
to file |
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Date |
To view and
change the date |
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Time |
To view and
change the time |
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Exit |
To close |
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ping
ip_address/server name |
To check
network reachabilty |
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color
colorcode |
Sets the
default console foreground and background colors. the first
corresponds to the background; the second the foreground. Each digit can be any of
the following values: 0 = Black 8 = Gray 1 = Blue 9 = Light Blue 2 = Green A = Light Green 3 = Aqua B = Light Aqua 4 = Red C = Light Red 5 = Purple D = Light Purple 6 = Yellow E = Light Yellow 7 = White F = Bright White |
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Comp |
Compares the
contents of two files or sets of files. |
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echo |
Displays
messages, or turns command echoing on or off. |
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erase filename
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Deletes one or
more files. |
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fc |
Compares two
files or sets of files, and displays the differences between them. |
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find |
Searches for a
text string in a file or files. |
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findstr |
Searches for
strings in files. |
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goto |
Directs the
Windows command interpreter to a labeled line in a batch program. |
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move |
Moves one or
more files from one directory to another directory. |
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shutdown |
Allows proper
local or remote shutdown of machine. |
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start |
Starts a
separate window to run a specified program or command. |
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ver |
Displays the
Windows version. |