Command Prompt

Ø ANSI.SYS Defines functions that change display graphics, control cursor movement, and reassign keys.
Ø APPEND Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.
Ø ARP Displays, adds, and removes arp information from network devices.
Ø ASSIGN Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter.
Ø ASSOC View the file associations.
Ø AT Schedule a time to execute commands or programs.
Ø ATMADM Lists connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.
Ø ATTRIB Display and change file attributes.
Ø BATCH Recovery console command that executes a series of commands in a file.
Ø BOOTCFG Recovery console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini
Ø BREAK Enable / disable CTRL + C feature.
Ø CACLS View and modify file ACL's.
Ø CALL Calls a batch file from another batch file.
Ø CD Changes directories.
Ø CHCP Supplement the International keyboard and character set information.
Ø CHDIR Changes directories.
Ø CHKDSK Check the hard disk drive running FAT for errors.
Ø CHKNTFS Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors.
Ø CHOICE Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file.
Ø CLS Clears the screen.
Ø CMD Opens the command interpreter.
Ø COLOR Easily change the foreground and background color of the MS-DOS window.
Ø COMP Compares files.
Ø COMPACT Compresses and uncompress files.
Ø CONTROL Open control panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.
Ø CONVERT Convert FAT to NTFS.
Ø COPY Copy one or more files to an alternate location.
Ø CTTY Change the computers input/output devices.
Ø DATE View or change the systems date.
Ø DEBUG Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.
Ø DEFRAG Re-arrange the hard disk drive to help with loading programs.
Ø DEL Deletes one or more files.
Ø DELETE Recovery console command that deletes a file.
Ø DELTREE Deletes one or more files and/or directories.
Ø DIR List the contents of one or more directory.
Ø DISABLE Recovery console command that disables Windows system services or drivers.
Ø DISKCOMP Compare a disk with another disk.
Ø DISKCOPY Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.
Ø DOSKEY Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.
Ø DOSSHELL A GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.
Ø DRIVPARM Enables overwrite of original device drivers.
Ø ECHO Displays messages and enables and disables echo.
Ø EDIT View and edit files.
Ø EDLIN View and edit files.
Ø EMM386 Load extended Memory Manager.
Ø ENABLE Recovery console command to enable a disable service or driver.
Ø ENDLOCAL Stops the localization of the environment changes enabled by the setlocal command.
Ø ERASE Erase files from computer.
Ø EXIT Exit from the command interpreter.
Ø EXPAND Expand a M*cros*ft Windows file back to it's original format.
Ø EXTRACT Extract files from the M*cros*ft Windows cabinets.
Ø FASTHELP Displays a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them.
Ø FC Compare files.
Ø FDISK Utility used to create partitions on the hard disk drive.
Ø FIND Search for text within a file.
Ø FINDSTR Searches for a string of text within a file.
Ø FIXBOOT Writes a new boot sector.
Ø FIXMBR Writes a new boot record to a disk drive.
Ø FOR Boolean used in batch files.
Ø FORMAT Command to erase and prepare a disk drive.
Ø FTP Command to connect and operate on a FTP server.
Ø FTYPE Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.
Ø GOTO Moves a batch file to a specific label or location.
Ø GRAFTABL Show extended characters in graphics mode.
Ø HELP Display a listing of commands and brief explanation.
Ø IF Allows for batch files to perform conditional processing.
Ø IFSHLP.SYS 32-bit file manager.
Ø IPCONFIG Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.
Ø KEYB Change layout of keyboard.
Ø LABEL Change the label of a disk drive.
Ø LH Load a device driver in to high memory.
Ø LISTSVC Recovery console command that displays the services and drivers.
Ø LOADFIX Load a program above the first 64k.
Ø LOADHIGH Load a device driver in to high memory.
Ø LOCK Lock the hard disk drive.
Ø LOGON Recovery console command to list installations and enable administrator login.
Ø MAP Displays the device name of a drive.
Ø MD Command to create a new directory.
Ø MEM Display memory on system.
Ø MKDIR Command to create a new directory.
Ø MODE Modify the port or display settings.
Ø MORE Display one page at a time.
Ø MOVE Move one or more files from one directory to another directory.
Ø MSAV Early M*cros*ft Virus scanner.
Ø MSD Diagnostics utility.
Ø MSCDEX Utility used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.
Ø NBTSTAT Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT
Ø NET Update, fix, or view the network or network settings
Ø NETSH Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.
Ø NETSTAT Display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.
Ø NLSFUNC Load country specific information.
Ø NSLOOKUP Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.
Ø PATH View and modify the computers path location.
Ø PATHPING View and locate locations of network latency.
Ø PAUSE Command used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.
Ø PING Test / send information to another network computer or network device.
Ø POPD Changes to the directory or network path stored by the pushd command.
Ø POWER Conserve power with computer portables.
Ø PRINT Prints data to a printer port.
Ø PROMPT View and change the MS-DOS prompt.
Ø PUSHD Stores a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time.
Ø QBASIC Open the QBasic.
Ø RD Removes an empty directory.
Ø REN Renames a file or directory.
Ø RENAME Renames a file or directory.
Ø RMDIR Removes an empty directory.
Ø ROUTE View and configure windows network route tables.
Ø RUNAS Enables a user to execute a program on another computer.
Ø SCANDISK Run the scandisk utility.
Ø SCANREG Scan registry and recover registry from errors.
Ø SET Change one variable or string to another.
Ø SETLOCAL Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything else.
Ø SETVER Change MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs.
Ø SHARE Installs support for file sharing and locking capabilities.
Ø SHIFT Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program.
Ø SHUTDOWN Shutdown the computer from the MS-DOS prompt.
Ø SMARTDRV Create a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory.
Ø SORT Sorts the input and displays the output to the screen.
Ø START Start a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt.
Ø SUBST Substitute a folder on your computer for another drive letter.
Ø SWITCHES Remove add functions from MS-DOS.
Ø SYS Transfer system files to disk drive.
Ø TELNET Telnet to another computer / device from the prompt.
Ø TIME View or modify the system time.
Ø TITLE Change the title of their MS-DOS window.
Ø TRACERT Visually view a network packets route across a network.
Ø TREE View a visual tree of the hard disk drive.
Ø TYPE Display the contents of a file.
Ø UNDELETE Undelete a file that has been deleted.
Ø UNFORMAT Unformat a hard disk drive.
Ø UNLOCK Unlock a disk drive.
Ø VER Display the version information.
Ø VERIFY Enables or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly.
Ø VOL Displays the volume information about the designated drive.
Ø XCOPY Copy multiple files, directories, and/or drives from one location to another.
Ø TRUENAME When placed before a file, will display the whole directory in which it exists
Ø TASKKILL It allows you to kill those unneeded or locked up applications