Commodore PC 40 - The Rename Command; The Type Command

The Rename Command
Occasionally, you may want to change the name of a file. For
example,
suppose you have a file named monthlyrpt on a disk.
When you add other monthly reports to your disk, you may want
to change the name to something more specific. To change the
name to annual.rpt, for instance, you would use the following
command:
rename monthly.rpt annual.rpt
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Change the name \ .. .from
of a file... I "monthly.rpt" ...
1 ... to "annual.rpt."
You can only rename files on the same disk, so you cannot
change a:monthlyrpt to b:monthlyrpt.
Example
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Suppose you want to rename a file named payroll doc, on the disk Renaming a file
in the default drive, to salary. doc. You would simply follow these
steps:
ITl Make sure that the disk with the payroll. doc file is on the disk
in the default drive (A).
[g] At the MS·DOS prompt, type the following command:
rename payroll.doc salary.doc
[1) Press the RETURN key.
Note The rename command can be abbreviated to reno
The Type Command
If you want MS·DOS to display a file that contains text (often called
a
text file) on the screen, use the type command. For example,
say you have created a file named phone.ist on the disk in drive A,
and you want to check one of the phone numbers. To display the
file on the screen, you would use the following command:
type a:phone.lst
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Display on I ... the file named "phone. 1st"
the screen... that is on the disk in drive A.