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18 MS-DOS User's Reference
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The direct. 1st file now contains a sorted listing of the directory on
the default drive.
You
can also specify a drive other than the default drive. Suppose,
for example, you
want to send the sorted data to a file named
direct. 1st on drive B. To do this you could simply type the
following:
dir : sort> b:direct.lst
A pipeline may consist of more than two commands. The follow-
ing command, for instance,
sorts your directory, shows it to YOll
one screenful at a time, and puts --More-- at the bottom of your
screen when there is more output to be seen:
dir : sort : more
Since commands and filters can be piped together in many dif-
ferent ways, you will find many uses for them.
In this chapter you've learned about internal and external MS-DOS
commands and how to redirect their input and output. The next
chapter lists each of these commands in alphabetical order along
with their syntax and comments about their use.
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