MS-DOS and command line

overview
Below is a listing of each of the MS-DOS commands
currently listed on Computer Hope and a brief
explanation of what each of the commands do. The
below commands are all MS-DOS commands, which
means not all the below commands will work in your
version of MS-DOS and/or Windows command line.
Clicking on the command will open the help page for
that command with full detailslatency.
network about it.
Command used in batch files to
pause stop the processing of a
command.
Test / send information to another
ping network computer or network
device.
Changes to the directory or
popd network path stored by the pushd
command.
Conserve power with computer
power
portables.
print Prints data to a printer port.
View and change the MS-DOS
prompt
prompt.
Stores a directory or network path
pushd in memory so it can be returned
to at any time.
qbasic Open the QBasic.
rd Removes an empty directory.
ren Renames a file or directory.
rename Renames a file or directory.
rmdir Removes an empty directory.
View and configure windows
route
network route tables.
Enables a user to execute a
runas
program on another computer.
scandisk Run the scandisk utility.
Scan registry and recover registry
scanreg
from errors.
Change one variable or string to
set
DOS TOP 10 COMMANDS

Below is a listing of the top 10 MS-DOS commands most commonly used and that you
will most likely use during a normal DOS session.

1. cd
2. dir
3. copy
4. del
5. edit
6. move
ren
7.
(rename)
8. deltree
9. cls
10. format

additions, check out the Command Line Reference page at Microsoft TechNet.

Joli Ballew is a full-time writer and author of several books, including Microsoft
Windows XP: Do Amazing Things (Microsoft Press) and Windows XP Professional: The
Ultimate User's Guide, Second Edition (Paraglyph Press). In addition to writing, Joli
teaches classes at Eastfield Community College and is an artist and network
administrator at North Texas Graphics.

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