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Basic MS-DOS Internal Commands: A Beginner Tutorial by Jaspreet

This document provides a tutorial on basic internal MS-DOS commands. It lists and explains commands for clearing the screen, displaying date and time, viewing the volume label, checking the MS-DOS version, listing directories and subdirectories, creating and renaming files, viewing and deleting file contents, making and removing directories, copying files and directories, and configuring the command prompt. Syntax examples are provided for each command.

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Basic MS-DOS Internal Commands: A Beginner Tutorial by Jaspreet

This document provides a tutorial on basic internal MS-DOS commands. It lists and explains commands for clearing the screen, displaying date and time, viewing the volume label, checking the MS-DOS version, listing directories and subdirectories, creating and renaming files, viewing and deleting file contents, making and removing directories, copying files and directories, and configuring the command prompt. Syntax examples are provided for each command.

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Basic MS-DOS Internal Commands: A beginner

Tutorial by
Jaspreet
Singh

In this tutorial you will learn about basic internal MS-DOS


Commands.

• Clear Screen
• Show date
• Show time
• Show volume label of system
• Version of MS-DOS
• Display directories and sub-directories
• Creating new files
• Renaming files
• View contents of file
• Delete files
• Making Directories and sub-directories
• Change directories and sub-directories
• Remove directories
• Copying files, directories and sub-directories
• Configuring PROMT

(Note that dir. Below in document means directory and sub-dir.


Means sub directory)

• CLS- This command is used to clear screen.


Syntax- CLS
• DATE- Displays Date
Syntax- DATE

• TIME- Displays the time


Syntax- TIME
• VOL- Displays volume label of system
Syntax- VOL

• VER- Displays Version of MS-DOS


Syntax- VER

• DIR- Displays list of directories and sub-directories


Syntax- DIR

DIR/P- Displays directories and sub-dir. Page wise

DIR/W- Displays dir. And sub-dir. Width wise


DIR/O- Displays alphabetically
DIR/S- Displays directories only

• COPY CON- use to create a new file.


Syntax- C:\>COPY CON FILENAME.EXTENSION .(If you
write only name of file then it will create a text file
by default. When you will press enter then it will
take the cursor to next line. Then you should write.
After writing press Crtl+Z to save) .

• REN- Rename file


Syntax- REN_oldfilename_newfilename

• TYPE- used to open file


Syntax- TYPE_filename.extension
• DEL- deletes file
Syntax- DEL_filename.extension
DEL_*.* (delete all files in a dir. Or sub-dir.)
DEL_R*(put some alphabet in place of R.
deletes all files starting with R)

• MD- Make dir. Or sub-dir.


Syntax- MD_directory name

• CD or CHDIR- To change directory path or sub-dir. Path


Syntax- CD_dir. name
For example- we are in C:/>ABC folder and there is a
DEF subfolder in ABC folder. Type TYPE DEF and press
enter. It will take To you DEF folder
CD.. - back to root directory
CD/ - one step back

• RD- remove dir or sub-dir. (it is necessary to remove all


files and folders in directory or sub directory.
Syntax- RD

• COPY- copy file, dir. Or sub-dir.


Syntax- COPY_sourcepath_targetpath

• PROMPT - C onfigure Prompt


Syntax- PROMPT (default prompt)
PROMPT $P$n (put n = alphabets given below)
T= time
D= date
G= greater sign
L= less sign
N= displays default drive
Q= equal sign

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