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ANSI.SYS -- Defines functions that change display graphics, control cursor movement, and
reassign keys.

APPEND -- Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.

ARP -- Displays, adds, and removes arp information from network devices

ASSIGN -- Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter

ASSOC -- View the file associations

AT -- Schedule a time to execute commands or programs.

ATMADM -- Lists connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.

ATTRIB -- Display and change file attributes

BATCH -- NRecovery console command that executes a series of commands in a file.

BOOTCFG -- Recovery console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the
boot.ini

BREAK -- Enable / disable CTRL + C feature.

CACLS -- View and modify file ACL's.

CALL -- Calls a batch file from another batch file.

CD -- Changes directories.

CHCP -- Supplement the International keyboard and character set information.

CHDIR -- Changes directories.

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CHKDSK -- Check the hard disk drive running FAT for errors.

CHKNTFS -- Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors.

CHOICE -- Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file.

CLS -- Clears the screen.

CMD -- Opens the command interpreter.

COLOR -- Easily change the foreground and background color of the

MS-DOS window.

COMP -- Compares files.

COMPACT -- Compresses and uncompress files.

CONTROL -- Open control panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.

CONVERT Convert FAT to NTFS.

COPY -- Copy one or more files to an alternate location.

CTTY -- Change the computers input/output devices.

DATE -- View or change the systems date.

DEBUG -- Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.

DEFRAG -- Re-arrange the hard disk drive to help with loading programs.

DEL -- Deletes one or more files.

DELETE -- Recovery console command that deletes a file.

DELTREE -- Deletes one or more files and/or directories.

DIR -- List the contents of one or more directory.

DISABLE -- Recovery console command that disables Windows system services or drivers.

DISKCOMP -- Compare a disk with another disk.

DISKCOPY -- Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.

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DOSKEY -- Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.

DOSSHELL -- A GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.

DRIVPARM -- Enables overwrite of original device drivers.

ECHO -- Displays messages and enables and disables echo.

EDIT -- View and edit files.

EDLIN -- View and edit files.

EMM386 -- Load extended Memory Manager.

ENABLE -- Recovery console command to enable a disable service or driver.

ENDLOCAL -- Stops the localization of the environment changes

enabled by the setlocal command.

ERASE -- Erase files from computer.

EXPAND -- Expand a Microsoft Windows file back to it's original format.

EXIT -- Exit from the command interpreter.

EXTRACT -- Extract files from the Microsoft Windows cabinets.

FASTHELP -- Displays a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them

FC -- Compare files.

FDISK -- Utility used to create partitions on the hard disk drive.

FIND -- Search for text within a file.

FINDSTR -- Searches for a string of text within a file.

FIXBOOT -- Writes a new boot sector.

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FIXMBR -- Writes a new boot record to a disk drive.

FOR -- Boolean used in batch files.

FORMAT -- Command to erase and prepare a disk drive.

FTP -- Command to connect and operate on a FTP server.

FTYPE -- Displays or modifies file types used in file extension

associations.

GOTO -- Moves a batch file to a specific label or location.

GRAFTABL -- Show extended characters in graphics mode.

HELP -- Display a listing of commands and brief explanation.

IF -- Allows for batch files to perform conditional processing.

IFSHLP.SYS -- 32-bit file manager.

IPCONFIG -- Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.

KEYB -- Change layout of keyboard.

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LABEL -- Change the label of a disk drive.

LH -- Load a device driver in to high memory.

LISTSVC -- Recovery console command that displays the services and drivers.

LOADFIX -- Load a program above the first 64k.

LOADHIGH -- Load a device driver in to high memory.

LOCK -- Lock the hard disk drive.

LOGON -- Recovery console command to list installations and enable administrator login.

MAP -- Displays the device name of a drive.

MD -- Command to create a new directory.

MEM -- Display memory on system.

MKDIR -- Command to create a new directory.

MODE -- Modify the port or display settings.

MORE -- Display one page at a time.

MOVE -- Move one or more files from one directory to another DIRECTORY

MSAV -- Early Microsoft Virus scanner.

MSD -- Diagnostics utility.

MSCDEX -- Utility used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.

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NBTSTAT -- Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT

NET -- Update, fix, or view the network or network settings

NETSH -- Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.

NETSTAT -- Display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.

NLSFUNC -- Load country specific information.

NSLOOKUP -- Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.

PATH -- View and modify the computers path location

PATHPING -- View and locate locations of network latency

PAUSE -- command used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.

PING -- Test / send information to another network computer or network device .

POPD -- Changes to the directory or network path stored by the pushd command.

POWER -- Conserve power with computer portables.

PRINT -- Prints data to a printer port.

PROMPT -- View and change the MS-DOS prompt.

PUSHD -- Stores a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time.

R
RD -- Removes an empty directory.

REN -- Renames a file or directory.

RENAME -- Renames a file or directory.

RMDIR -- Removes an empty directory.

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ROUTE -- View and configure windows network route tables.

RUNAS -- Enables a user to execute a program on another

computer.

SCANDISK -- Run the scandisk utility.

SCANREG -- Scan registry and recover registry from errors.

SET -- Change one variable or string to another.

SETLOCAL -- Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything else.

SHARE -- Installs support for file sharing and locking capabilities.

SETVER -- Change MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs.

SHIFT -- Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program.

SHUTDOWN -- Shutdown the computer from the MS-DOS prompt.

SMARTDRV -- Create a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory.

SORT -- Sorts the input and displays the output to the screen.

START -- Start a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt.

SUBST -- Substitute a folder on your computer for another drive letter.

SWITCHES -- Remove add functions from MS-DOS.

SYS -- Transfer system files to disk drive.

T
TASKKILL -- It allows you to kill those unneeded or locked up applications

TELNET -- Telnet to another computer / device from the prompt.

TIME -- View or modify the system time.

TITLE -- Change the title of their MS-DOS window.

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TRACERT -- Visually view a network packets route across a network.

TREE -- View a visual tree of the hard disk drive.

TRUENAME -- When placed before a file, will display the whole directory in which it exists

TYPE -- Display the contents of a file.

VER -- Display the version information.

VERIFY-- Enables or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly.

VOL -- Displays the volume information about the designated drive.

XCOPY -- Copy multiple files, directories, and/or drives from one location to another.

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