No. | Command detail | What it does |
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 |