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Sunday, 21 February 2010

Useful DOS Commands

  Useful DOS Commands
 ASSOC                 Displays or modifies file extension associations.
ATTRIB                 Displays or changes file attributes.
BREAK                  Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking.
BCDEDIT              Sets properties in boot database to control boot loading.
CACLS                   Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files.
CALL                      Calls one batch program from another.
CD                          Displays the name of or changes the current directory.
CHCP                     Displays or sets the active code page number.
CHDIR                   Displays the name of or changes the current directory.
CHKDSK                Checks a disk and displays a status report.
CHKNTFS              Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time.
CLS                          Clears the screen.
CMD                       Starts a new instance of the Windows command interpreter.
COLOR                   Sets the default console foreground and background colors.
COMP                     Compares the contents of two files or sets of files.
COMPACT              Displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS partitions.
CONVERT               Converts FAT volumes to NTFS.  You cannot convert the
                                  Current drive.
COPY                       Copies one or more files to another location.
DATE                       Displays or sets the date.
DEL                          Deletes one or more files.
DIR                           Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.
DISKCOMP             Compares the contents of two floppy disks.
DISKCOPY               Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another.
DISKPART                Displays or configures Disk Partition properties.
DOSKEY                   Edits command lines, recalls Windows commands, and
                                   Creates macros.
DRIVERQUERY       Displays current device driver status and properties.
ECHO                        Displays messages, or turns command echoing on or off.
ENDLOCAL              Ends localization of environment changes in a batch file.
ERASE                       Deletes one or more files.
EXIT                           Quits the CMD.EXE program (command interpreter).
FC                               Compares two files or sets of files, and displays the
                                    Differences between them.
FIND                           Searches for a text string in a file or files.
FINDSTR                    Searches for strings in files.
FOR                             Runs a specified command for each file in a set of files.
FORMAT                     Formats a disk for use with Windows.
FSUTIL                        Displays or configures the file system properties.
FTYPE                        Displays or modifies file types used in file extension
                                     Associations.
GOTO                         Directs the Windows command interpreter to a labeled line in
                                     A batch program.
GPRESULT                  Displays Group Policy information for machine or user.
GRAFTABL                 Enables Windows to display an extended character set in
                                     Graphics mode.
HELP                           Provides Help information for Windows commands.
ICACLS                        Display, modify, backup, or restore ACLs for files and
                                     Directories.
IF                                Performs conditional processing in batch programs.
LABEL                      Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk.
MD                             Creates a directory.
MKDIR                     Creates a directory.
MKLINK                  Creates Symbolic Links and Hard Links
MODE                     Configures a system device.
MORE                     Displays output one screen at a time.
MOVE                      Moves one or more files from one directory to another
                                 Directory.
OPENFILES            Displays files opened by remote users for a file share.
PATH                       Displays or sets a search path for executable files.
PAUSE                      Suspends processing of a batch file and displays a message.
POPD                       Restores the previous value of the current directory saved by
                                  PUSHD.
PRINT                      Prints a text file.
PROMPT                 Changes the Windows command prompt.
PUSHD                    Saves the current directory then changes it.
RD                            Removes a directory.
RECOVER               Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk.
REM                        Records comments (remarks) in batch files or CONFIG.SYS.
REN                         Renames a file or files.
RENAME                Renames a file or files.
REPLACE                Replaces files.
RMDIR                   Removes a directory.
ROBOCOPY           Advanced utility to copy files and directory trees
SET                         Displays, sets, or removes Windows environment variables.
SETLOCAL            Begins localization of environment changes in a batch file.
SC                           Displays or configures services (background processes).
SCHTASKS           Schedules commands and programs to run on a computer.
SHIFT                     Shifts the position of replaceable parameters in batch files.
SHUTDOWN       Allows proper local or remote shutdown of machine.
SORT                    Sorts input.
START                  Starts a separate window to run a specified program or command.
SUBST                  Associates a path with a drive letter.
SYSTEMINFO     Displays machine specific properties and configuration.
TASKLIST            Displays all currently running tasks including services.
TASKKILL            Kill or stop a running process or application.
TIME                     Displays or sets the system time.
TITLE                    Sets the window title for a CMD.EXE session.
TREE                     Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or
                              Path.
TYPE                     Displays the contents of a text file.
VER                        Displays the Windows version.
VERIFY                  Tells Windows whether to verify that your files are written
                               Correctly to a disk.
VOL                      Displays a disk volume label and serial number.
XCOPY                 Copies files and directory trees.
WMIC                  Displays WMI information inside interactive command shell.

For more information on tools see the command-line reference in the online help.

     

 

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