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MS DOS Commands

MS-DOS is a command line interface first introduced in 1981 for IBM computers. It was last updated in 1994 with the release of MS-DOS 6.22. MS-DOS allows users to operate the computer using internal commands like CLS to clear the screen or DATE to modify the date, and external commands like FORMAT to erase data and recreate sectors or FDISK to allocate partitions. It is a character-based system that is not case sensitive and supports directories, files, and attributes to manage properties like hiding or read-only status.

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MS DOS Commands

MS-DOS is a command line interface first introduced in 1981 for IBM computers. It was last updated in 1994 with the release of MS-DOS 6.22. MS-DOS allows users to operate the computer using internal commands like CLS to clear the screen or DATE to modify the date, and external commands like FORMAT to erase data and recreate sectors or FDISK to allocate partitions. It is a character-based system that is not case sensitive and supports directories, files, and attributes to manage properties like hiding or read-only status.

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MS-DOS

MS-DOS is a command line user interface. First introduced in 1981 for IBM
computers and was last update in 1994 when MS-DOS 6.22 was released.

MS-DOS History:

Year Event
1981 MS-DOS 1.0 was released on Aug, 1981.
1982 MS-DOS 1.25 was released on Aug, 1982.
1983 MS-DOS 2.0 was released on mar, 1983.
1984 Micro soft introduces MS-DOS 3.0 for IBM pc and MS-DOS 3.1 for
net works.
1986 MS-DOS 3.2 was released on Apr, 1986.
1987 MS-DOS 3.3 was released on Apr, 1987.
1988 MS-DOS 4.0 was released on July, 1988.
1988 MS-DOS 4.01 was released on Nov, 1988.
1991 MS-DOS 5.0 was released on Jun, 1991.
1993 MS-DOS 6.0 was released on Aug, 1993.
1994 MS-DOS 6.21 was released on Mar, 1994.
1994 MS-DOS 6.22 was released on Apr, 1994.

DOS: DISK OPERATING SYSTEM

DOS is a character based user interface (CUI). It is case insensitive. We can


operate the computer by using commands.

Commands are of 2 types: 1) Internal Commands


2) External Commands

Internal Commands:
1) CLS: To clear the screen.
2) DATE : To modify the date
3) TIME: To modify the time.
4) COPY : It copies data from one file to another file
Syntax: Copy <Source name> < destination name>
5) DEL : it delets all old files.
Syntax: del <file name>.
6) MD: makes a directory
Syntax: md <dir name>.
7) CD : change directory
Syntax: cd <directory name>.
8) RD : remove directory.
Syntax: rd <directory name>.
9) COPY CON : it is used to create a new file.
Syntax: copy con <file name>.
10) to view contents of file
Syntax: type <file name>.

Dir  to display the root directory


Dir/ad  display only directory not files.
Dir/a-d  To display the all files without directory.
Dir  to display the root directory
Dir/ah  To display the all hidden files.
Dir/a-h  To display the all non-hidden files.
Dir/as  To display the all system files.
Dir/a-s  To display the all non-system files.
Dir/ar  To display the all read only files.
Dir/a-r  To display the all non-read only files.
Dir/od  To display the all files order by date(earlier).
Dir/o-d  To display the all files order by date (latest).
Dir/0E  To display the all files order by extension name [a-z].
Dir/0-E  To display the all files order by extension name [z-a].
Dir/p  To display the page by page.

Using attributes we can change file properties .


They are 4 attributes 1) hidden.
2) read only.
3) system.
4) archive files.
1) it is used to change the normal file to hidden file.
Syntax: attrib +h <file name>
Ex: attrib +h abc.
It is used to change hidden file to normal.
Syntax: attrib –h <file name>
Ex: attrib –h abc

2) it changes normal file to read only file


Syntax: attrib +R <file name>
Ex: attrib +R abc.
It is used to change read only file to normal file.
Syntax: attrib –R <file name>
Ex: attrib –R abc
3) it is used to change the normal file to system file.
Syntax: attrib +s <file name>
Ex: attrib +s abc.
It is used to change system file to normal file.
Syntax: attrib –s <file name>
Ex: attrib –s abc
4) it is used to change the normal file to pack up file they are used rarely.
Syntax: attrib +a <file name>
Ex: attrib +a abc.
It is used to change hidden file to normal.
Syntax: attrib –a <file name>
Ex: attrib –a abc
We can apply more than attribute to file.
Ex: attrib +r +h +s <file name>

EXTERNAL COMMANDS:
They are system level commands
1) format: erase all the data and recreates sectors.
2) Fdisk : it is used to allocate the partitions on storage device.
3) Mem: display the physical memory.
4) Erase: to delete the file .it is similar to delete(del).
5) Edit : to modify the content of existing file.
6) Move: it moves from one location to another location of file name given.
7) Xcopy: copies all the files including sub directories.
8) Sys: create start up files.

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