Chapter 5 / MS-DOS Comnwnds
Quick
Reference
To MS-DOS
Comlnands
COMMAND
APPEND
ASSIGN
ATTRIB
BACKUP
BREAK
CHDIR/CD
CHKDSK
CLS
COMMAND
COPY
COPYDOS
CTTY
DATE
DEL
DIR
DISKCOMP
DISKCOPY
DISKTYPE
ECHO
ERASE
EXE2BIN
EXIT
FC
FDISK
FIND
30
PURPOSE
Sets
a
data
file
path
Reassigns dri
ve
names
Sets
or displays file
attributes
Copies disk files to floppy disk
Alters
(CONTROL
IiI]
operation
Changes
current
or home directories
Checks MS-DOS diskettes
Clears
the
video screen
Starts
a new command processor
Copy, append or combine files
Copy system files to application
diskettes
Switches
input/output
to device
Enter
or change system
date
Deletes files from specified directory
Displays files from specified directory
Compares two diskettes
Makes copies of floppy diskettes
Determines
format of
non-standard
diskettes
Controls display of lines
in
batch
files
Deletes specified files
Converts
exe files to
binary
format
Exits
from commands to previous level
Compares contents of two files
Partitions
a
hard
disk
Searches
for
specified
text