Tandy 1500HD - Special Commands; Viewing a Directory

1500 HD Laptop Computer
F2 CHAR-Copy to character. Copies all characters
in the template up to the specified character, and
displays them on the command line.
~3-Template. Redisplays the entire template.
F4 CHAR-Delete to character. Deletes all charac-
ters up to the character indicated. These charac-
ters are skipped and not copied to the command
line.
F5-Replace template. Makes the line you type the
new template but does not execute the command.
F6 or CTRL+ z-End-of-file. Puts an end-of-file
marker in the template.
Special Commands
You have learned several commands that help you
set up and use your computer. There are many
commands available. This section contains infor-
mation about some of the most helpful commands.
Learning these commands makes it easy for you
to look up other commands and functions in the
MS-DOS Reference Manual.
Viewing a Directory
To look at the directory (a list of files) of a diskette,
use the
DIR command. For example, to view the
contents of the diskette in the current drive, type:
dir ENTER
If a diskette contains more filenames than can ap-
pear on the screen at one time, all but the last
22
entries scroll off the top of the screen. MS-DOS
has three ways to help you avoid this problem:
Press CTRL+S to stop the screen from scrolling.
(Pres's any key to restart the scrolling.)
Use the /P switch with the DIR command. The /P
switch tells MS-DOS to display only
23 lines of
the directory at one time. Press the space bar to
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