DOS: Elementary knowledge of DOS commands
Introduction
Here is a list of basic commands that you can use in a DOS prompt (e.g. using a boot disk).For additional information about these commands, type /? after entering the command in the DOS prompt (e.g. copy/?, dir/?), this will normally open a help page.
The command prompts:
- cd <directory name>
- cd is the basic DOS command, it allows you to change directory
- dir [name of directory]
- dir allows you to list all contents of the specified directory
- copy <source> <destination>
- Allows you to copy a file from a <source> folder to a <destination folder>
- del<file>
- Deletes a specific file
- move <source> <destination>
- Allows you to move a file from a <source> folder to a <destination folder>
- ren <source> <destination>
- Renames the specified file
- edit <filename>
- Opens the default DOS editor to allow modification of a specified file
- cls
- Clears the DOS screen
- exit
- Leaves the DOS terminal