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Technology - Basic DOS Commands

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Here you will find some basic DOS commands. Of course, you will need to have the programs associated with these commands installed and operational in order for these commands to work. All of these commands should work with MS-DOS and all fully compatible MS-DOS operating systems.

help	Gets you help.
cd dir_name	Changes the directory to the directory of your choosing.
chdir dir_name	Changes the directory to the directory of your choosing.
chkdsk	Tells you how much free space is left on your disk
cls	Clears the screen.
copy old_file new_file	Copies a file from old_file to new_file. The original file is not changed. Remember, if you need to copy a file on one drive to a file on a different drive, you will need to prefix the file's name with the drive of your choosing (e.g. c:old_file a:new_file).
date	Displays the system's current date.
del file_name	Deletes a file of your choosing.
dir drive	Displays the directory isting for the drive of your choice. For example, "dir a:" whill display the directory listing for drive a: (generally your floppy drive). If drive is left blank, then it will default to the drive on which you are running the command (probably c:).
md directory_name	Makes a directory with the name of your choosing
mkdir directory_name	Makes a new directory with the name of your choosing
rd directory_name	Removes a directory with the name of your choosing.
rmdir directory_name	Removes a directory with the name of your choosing.
time	Displays the system's current time.
type file_name	Displays the contents of a file onto the screen. If the file is too large to fit on one screen, you may do "type \| more" to display the contents of the file one screen at a time. The \| is known as a pipe.