Monday, September 12, 2011

MS-DOS and Command Line - Part 2

What these commands do?

Command
Description
Type
ipconfig
Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.
External
keyb
Change layout of keyboard.
External
label
Change the label of a disk drive.
External
lh
Load a device driver in to high memory.
Internal
listsvc
Recovery console command that displays the services and drivers.
Recovery
loadfix
Load a program above the first 64k.
External
loadhigh
Load a device driver in to high memory.
Internal
lock
Lock the hard disk drive.
Internal
logoff
Logoff the currently profile using the computer.
External
logon
Recovery console command to list installations and enable administrator login.
Recovery
map
Displays the device name of a drive.
Recovery
md
Command to create a new directory.
Internal
mem
Display memory on system.
External
mkdir
Command to create a new directory.
Internal
mode
Modify the port or display settings.
External
more
Display one page at a time.
External
move
Move one or more files from one directory to another directory.
Internal
msav
Early Microsoft Virus scanner.
External
msd
Diagnostics utility.
External
msdex
Utility used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.
External
nbtstat
Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT
External
net
Update, fix, or view the network or network settings
External
netsh
Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.
External
netstat
Display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.
External
nlsfunc
Load country specific information.
External
nslookup
Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.
External
path
View and modify the computers path location.
Internal
pathping
View and locate locations of network latency.
External
pause
Command used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.
Internal
ping
Test / send information to another network computer or network device.
External
popd
Changes to the directory or network path stored by the pushd command.
Internal
power
Conserve power with computer portables.
External
print
Prints data to a printer port.
External
prompt
View and change the MS-DOS prompt.
Internal
pushd
Stores a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time.
Internal
qbasic
Open the QBasic.
External
rd
Removes an empty directory.
Internal
ren
Renames a file or directory.
Internal
rename
Renames a file or directory.
Internal
rmdir
Removes an empty directory.
Internal
route
View and configure windows network route tables.
External
runas
Enables a user to run a program as a different user.
External
scandisk
Run the scandisk utility.
External
scanreg
Scan registry and recover registry from errors.
External
set
Change one variable or string to another.
Internal
setlocal
Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything else.
Internal
setver
Change MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs.
External
share
Installs support for file sharing and locking capabilities.
External
shift
Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program.
Internal
shutdown
Shutdown the computer from the MS-DOS prompt.
External
smartdrv
Create a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory.
External
sort
Sorts the input and displays the output to the screen.
External
start
Start a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt.
Internal
subst
Substitute a folder on your computer for another drive letter.
External
switches
Remove add functions from MS-DOS.
Internal
sys
Transfer system files to disk drive.
External
telnet
Telnet to another computer / device from the prompt.
External
time
View or modify the system time.
Internal
title
Change the title of their MS-DOS window.
Internal
tracert
Visually view a network packets route across a network.
External
tree
View a visual tree of the hard disk drive.
External
type
Display the contents of a file.
Internal
undelete
Undelete a file that has been deleted.
External
unformat
Unformat a hard disk drive.
External
unlock
Unlock a disk drive.
Internal
ver
Display the version information.
Internal
verify
Enables or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly.
Internal
vol
Displays the volume information about the designated drive.
Internal
xcopy
Copy multiple files, directories, and/or drives from one location to another.
External

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