138 DOS Prompt Commands

1 ANSI.SYS -- Defines functions that change display graphics, control cursor movement, and reassign keys.
2 APPEND -- Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.
3 ARP -- Displays, adds, and removes arp information from network devices
4 ASSIGN -- Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter
5 ASSOC -- View the file associations
6 AT -- Schedule a time to execute commands or programs.
7 ATMADM -- Lists connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.
8 ATTRIB -- Display and change file attributes.
9 BATCH -- NRecovery console command that executes a series of commands in a file.
10 BOOTCFG -- Recovery console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini
11 BREAK -- Enable / disable CTRL + C feature.
12 CACLS -- View and modify file ACL's.
13 CALL -- Calls a batch file from another batch file.
14 CD -- Changes directories.
15 CHCP -- Supplement the International keyboard and character set information.
16 CHDIR -- Changes directories.
17 CHKDSK -- Check the hard disk drive running FAT for errors.
18 CHKNTFS -- Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors.
19 CHOICE -- Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file.
20 CLS -- Clears the screen.
21 CMD -- Opens the command interpreter.
22 COLOR -- Easily change the foreground and background color of the MS-DOS window.
23 COMP -- Compares files.
24 COMPACT -- Compresses and uncompress files.
25 CONTROL -- Open control panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.
26 CONVERT Convert FAT to NTFS.
27 COPY -- Copy one or more files to an alternate location.
28 CTTY -- Change the computers input/output devices.
29 DATE -- View or change the systems date.
30 DEBUG -- Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.
31 DEFRAG -- Re-arrange the hard disk drive to help with loading programs.
32 DEL -- Deletes one or more files.
33 DELETE -- Recovery console command that deletes a file.
34 DELTREE -- Deletes one or more files and/or directories.
35 DIR -- List the contents of one or more directory.
36 DISABLE -- Recovery console command that disables Windows system services or drivers.
37 DISKCOMP -- Compare a disk with another disk.
38 DISKCOPY -- Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.
39 DOSKEY -- Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.
40 DOSSHELL -- A GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.
41 DRIVPARM -- Enables overwrite of original device drivers.
42 ECHO -- Displays messages and enables and disables echo.
43 EDIT -- View and edit files.
44 EDLIN -- View and edit files.
45 EMM386 -- Load extended Memory Manager.
46 ENABLE -- Recovery console command to enable a disable service or driver.
47 ENDLOCAL -- Stops the localization of the environment changes
enabled by the setlocal command.
48 ERASE -- Erase files from computer.
49 EXPAND -- Expand a Microsoft Windows file back to it's original format.
50 EXIT -- Exit from the command interpreter.
51 EXTRACT -- Extract files from the Microsoft Windows cabinets.
52 FASTHELP -- Displays a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them
53 FC -- Compare files.
54 FDISK -- Utility used to create partitions on the hard disk drive.
55 FIND -- Search for text within a file.
56 FINDSTR -- Searches for a string of text within a file.
57 FIXBOOT -- Writes a new boot sector.
59 FIXMBR -- Writes a new boot record to a disk drive.
60 FOR -- Boolean used in batch files.
61 FORMAT -- Command to erase and prepare a disk drive.
62 FTP -- Command to connect and operate on a FTP server.
63 FTYPE -- Displays or modifies file types used in file extension
associations.
64 GOTO -- Moves a batch file to a specific label or location.
65 GRAFTABL -- Show extended characters in graphics mode.
66 HELP -- Display a listing of commands and brief explanation.
67 IF -- Allows for batch files to perform conditional processing.
68 IFSHLP.SYS -- 32-bit file manager.
69 IPCONFIG -- Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.
70 KEYB -- Change layout of keyboard.
71 LABEL -- Change the label of a disk drive.
72 LH -- Load a device driver in to high memory.
73 LISTSVC -- Recovery console command that displays the services and drivers.
74 LOADFIX -- Load a program above the first 64k.
75 LOADHIGH -- Load a device driver in to high memory.
76 LOCK -- Lock the hard disk drive.
77 LOGON -- Recovery console command to list installations and enable administrator login.
78 MAP -- Displays the device name of a drive.
79 MD -- Command to create a new directory.
80 MEM -- Display memory on system.
81 MKDIR -- Command to create a new directory.
82 MODE -- Modify the port or display settings.
83 MORE -- Display one page at a time.
84 MOVE -- Move one or more files from one directory to another DIRECTORY
85 MSAV -- Early Microsoft Virus scanner.
86 MSD -- Diagnostics utility.
87 MSCDEX -- Utility used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.
88 NBTSTAT -- Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT
89 NET -- Update, fix, or view the network or network settings
90 NETSH -- Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.
91 NETSTAT -- Display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.
92 NLSFUNC -- Load country specific information.
93 NSLOOKUP -- Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.
94 PATH -- View and modify the computers path location
95 PATHPING -- View and locate locations of network latency
96 PAUSE -- command used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.
97 PING -- Test / send information to another network computer or network device .
98 POPD -- Changes to the directory or network path stored by the pushd command.
99 POWER -- Conserve power with computer portables.
100 PRINT -- Prints data to a printer port.
101 PROMPT -- View and change the MS-DOS prompt.
102 PUSHD -- Stores a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time.
103 QBASIC -- Open the QBasic.
104 RD -- Removes an empty directory.
105 REN -- Renames a file or directory.
106 RENAME -- Renames a file or directory.
107 RMDIR -- Removes an empty directory.
108 ROUTE -- View and configure windows network route tables.
109 RUNAS -- Enables a user to execute a program on another
computer.
110 SCANDISK -- Run the scandisk utility.
111 SCANREG -- Scan registry and recover registry from errors.
112 SET -- Change one variable or string to another.
113 SETLOCAL -- Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything else.
114 SHARE -- Installs support for file sharing and locking capabilities.
115 SETVER -- Change MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs.
116 SHIFT -- Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program.
117 SHUTDOWN -- Shutdown the computer from the MS-DOS prompt.
118 SMARTDRV -- Create a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory.
119 SORT -- Sorts the input and displays the output to the screen.
120 START -- Start a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt.
121 SUBST -- Substitute a folder on your computer for another drive letter.
122 SWITCHES -- Remove add functions from MS-DOS.
123 SYS -- Transfer system files to disk drive.
124 TELNET -- Telnet to another computer / device from the prompt.
125 TIME -- View or modify the system time.
126 TITLE -- Change the title of their MS-DOS window.
127 TRACERT -- Visually view a network packets route across a network.
128 TREE -- View a visual tree of the hard disk drive.
129 TYPE -- Display the contents of a file.
130 UNDELETE -- Undelete a file that has been deleted.
131 UNFORMAT -- Unformat a hard disk drive.
132 UNLOCK -- Unlock a disk drive.
133 VER -- Display the version information.
134 VERIFY -- Enables or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly.
135 VOL -- Displays the volume information about the designated drive.
136 XCOPY -- Copy multiple files, directories, and/or drives from one location to another.
137 TRUENAME -- When placed before a file, will display the whole directory in which it exists
138 TASKKILL -- It allows you to kill those unneeded or locked up applications