The following commands are commonly used in MS-DOS and technicians should become familiar with them.
ATTRIB |
sets/resets file protection archiving |
CD |
change the current directory |
COPY |
copy one or more files |
DEL |
delete one or more files from a disk |
DIR |
list files on the current drive |
EDIT |
use DOS editor, to create and edit ASCII text files |
FIND |
searches for a text-string in an ASCII file or files |
FORMAT |
formats a disk to receive DOS files |
HELP |
online "help" information for all DOS commands |
MKDIR |
creates a new subdirectory |
MORE |
paginates screen displays from DOS commands |
PRINT |
prints out ASCII text files |
REN |
renames a file or files |
RMDIR |
deletes an empty subdirectory |
TREE |
displays directory paths and optionally files |
TYPE |
displays the contents of an ASCII text file |
?, * |
wildcard substitution characters |
>, >> |
output redirection operators |