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About MS-DOS

Short for Microsoft Disk operating system, MS-DOS is a non-graphical command line operating system created for IBM compatible computers that was first introduced by Microsoft in August 1981 and was last updated in 1994 when MS-DOS 6.22 was released. Although the MS-DOS operating system is not commonly used today, the command shell used through Microsoft Windows is. Continue reading >>

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MS-DOS command list

* See our our complete overview page for a brief description on each of the below commands.

A	ansi.sys \| append \| arp \| assign \| assoc \| at \| atmadm \| attrib
B	backup \| batch \| bootcfg \| break
C	cacls \| call \| cd \| chcp \| chdir \| chdsk \| chkntfs \| choice \| cipher \| cls \| cmd \| color \| command \| comp \| compact \| control \| convert \| copy \| ctty
D	date \| debug \| defrag \| del \| delete \| deltree \| dir\| disable \| diskcomp \| diskcopy \| diskpart \| doskey \| dosshell \| driveparm
E	echo \| edit \| edlin \| emm386 \| enable \| endlocal \| erase \| exit \| expand \| extract
F	fasthelp \| fc \| fdisk \| find \| findstr \| fixboot \| fixmbr \| for\| format \| ftp \| ftype
G	goto \| gpupdate \| graftabl
H	help \| hostname
I	if \| ifhlp.sys \| ipconfig
J	NONE
K	keyb
L	label \| lh \| listsvc \| loadfix \| loadhigh \| lock \| logoff \| logon
M	map \| md \| mem\| mkdir \| mode \| more \| move \| msav \| msbackup \| msd \| mscdex \| mwbackup
N	nbtstat \| net \| netsh \| netstat \| nlsfunc \| nslookup
O	NONE
P	path \| pathping \| pause \| ping \| popd \| power \| print \| prompt \| pushd
Q	qbasic
R	rd \| reg \| ren \| rename \| rmdir \| route \| runas
S	scandisk \| scanreg \| set \| setlocal \| setver \| sfc \| share \| shift \| shutdown \| smartdrv \| sort \| start \| subst \| switches \| sys \| systeminfo \| systemroot
T	taskkill \| telnet \| time \| title \| tracert \| tree \| type
U	undelete \| unformat \| unlock
V	ver \| verify \| vol
W	NONE
X	xcopy
Y	NONE
Z	NONE

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