Dos Commands
| ATTRIB | displays or changes file attributes |
| CHDIR or CD | displays the name of the current directory or changes the current directory |
| CHKDSK | checks the status of a disk and displays a status report; it can also fix disk errors |
| CLS | clears the screen |
| COPY | copies one or more files to a destination you specify |
| DEL | deletes the files you specify |
| DELTREIE | deletes a directory and all the files and subdirectories that are in it |
| DIR | displays the files and subdirectories that are in the directory you specify |
| DISKCOPY | copies the entire contents of one floppy disk to another floppy disk. It writes over the existing contents of the destination disk as it copies the new information on it. |
| ECHO | displays or hides the text in batch programs when the program is running. |
| EDIT | starts MS-DOS Editor, a text editor you can use to create and edit ASCII text files. |
| DEL or ERASE | deletes the files you specify |
| EXIT | quits the MS-DOS command interpreter and returns to the program that started it, if one exists. |
| FASTHELP | displays a list of all MS-DOS 6 commands and gives a short explanation of each. |
| FIND | searches for a specific string of text in a file or files |
| FORMAT | formats a disk for use with MS-DOS |
| HELP | starts MS-DOS Help |
| MKDIR or MD | creates a directory |
| MEM | displays the amount of used and free memory on your computer |
| MORE | displays one screen of output at a time |
| MOVE | moves one or more files to the location you specify |
| MSBACKUP | backs up or restores one or more files from one disk onto another |
| MSD | Provides technical information about your computer |
| prints a text file while you are using other MS-DOS commands | |
| QBASIC | starts MS-DOS Qbasic |
| RD or RMDIR | deletes a directory |
| REN | changes the name of the file or files you specify |
| RMDIR or RD | deletes a directory |
| SCANDISK | starts a disk analysis and repair tool that checks a drive for errors and corrects any problems that it finds. |
| TREIE | graphicaly displays the structure of a directory |
| UNDELETE | restores files that were deleted previously by using the DEL command |
| VER | displays the MS-DOS version number |
| XCOPY | copies directories , their subdirectories, and files except hidden and system files. |
To get help from the dos window about any of the above command type "/?" followed by that particular command.