Microsoft DOS and command prompt

About MS-DOS

Microsoft DOS is a command line user interface first introduced in 1981 for IBM computers and was last updated in 1994 when MS-DOS 6.22 was released. Although MS-DOS is not commonly used today, the command shell used through Microsoft Windows is. This page contains complete information about MS-DOS and the Windows command line.

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MS-DOS COMMANDS

* See our our complete overview page for a brief description on each of the below commands.
A ansi.sys | append | arp | assign | assoc | at | atmadm | attrib
B batch | backup | bootcfg | break
C cacls | call | cd | chcp | chdir | chdsk | chkntfs | choice | cipher | cls | cmd | color | command | comp | compact | control | convert | copy | ctty
D date | debug | defrag | del | delete | deltree | dir| disable | diskcomp | diskcopy | diskpart | doskey | dosshell | driveparm
E echo | edit | edlin | emm386 | enable | endlocal | erase | exit | expand | extract
F fasthelp | fc | fdisk | find | findstr | fixboot | fixmbr | for| format | ftp | ftype
G goto | gpupdate | graftabl
H help | hostname
I if | ifhlp.sys | ipconfig
J NONE
K keyb
L label | lh | listsvc | loadfix | loadhigh | lock | logoff | logon
M map | md | mem| mkdir | mode | more | move | msav | msbackup | msd | mscdex | mwbackup
N nbtstat | net | netsh | netstat | nlsfunc | nslookup
O NONE
P path | pathping | pause | ping | popd | power | print | prompt | pushd
Q qbasic
R rd | reg | ren | rename | rmdir | route | runas
S scandisk | scanreg | set | setlocal | setver | sfc | share | shift | shutdown | smartdrv | sort | start | subst | switches | sys | systeminfo | ystemroot
T taskkill | telnet | time | title | tracert | tree | type
U undelete | unformat | unlock
V ver | verify | vol
W NONE
X xcopy
Y NONE
Z NONE