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**.BZU.** · #1 04-07-2008, 01:21 AM

138 Commands of Commond Prompt, Use these commands in MS dos..
Click on run: type cmd

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

**Waqas Ahmed** · #2 30-09-2008, 10:46 PM

I dont think so even a master cannot ever use most of these commands.