How To Find A List Of Simple DOS Commands
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If you are looking for a list of simple DOS commands, there are many available, however they are usually very incomplete, listing only a few. There are a lot more DOS commands than many people realize or remember.
MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. DOS stands for Disk Operating System. It is software, and it was written to control hardware - being the IBM PC. It was introduced in 1981 before Microsoft Windows was barely even thought of. DOS runs with a command line user interface. The last update of DOS was in 1994 to version 6.22.
You will be presented with a DOS command prompt on the DOS command line eg C:\>. This indicated that DOS will search on drive C which is usually your hard disk for the command you are going to run. If your files you want to run are stored in a different location, then you will need to change to the drive where they reside eg typing D: will get you to a D:\> prompt, or E: will get you to a E:\> prompt.
Throughout the years there have been many versions of DOS. These include:
1. PC DOS
2. MS DOS
3. DR DOS
4. 4DOS version
DOS will run very happily within windows if need be. Sometimes, issuing a DOS command on the command line can be a quicker option than going through the attractive interface Windows presents us with. It is in this situation that it could be advantageous to have a list of simple DOS commands on hand.
Despite the technology of Windows these days, DOS does still have it’s use. If (or should I say when) Windows decides to have the day off and crash, you can still communicate with and talk to your computer using DOS commands.
You can actually achieve most basic things you want to achieve by typing DOS commands on the command line at the DOS prompt. This is where a list of simple DOS commands can be very handy.
The main DOS commands used mainly deal with directory and file management. There are 71 DOS commands for the DOS command shell provided with Microsoft Windows XP.
The best source for a list of simple DOS commands and their uses is your DOS user manual.
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