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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

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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