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Ms-Dos Commands

MS-DOS is an operating system developed by Microsoft that was commonly used for personal computers in the 1980s and 1990s. It uses command line prompts and commands to manage files and directories on storage drives. Some key commands in MS-DOS include DIR to view files, COPY to duplicate files, DEL to delete files, CD to change directories, and RD to remove directories. MS-DOS was an important early operating system that helped popularize personal computing.

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Ms-Dos Commands

MS-DOS is an operating system developed by Microsoft that was commonly used for personal computers in the 1980s and 1990s. It uses command line prompts and commands to manage files and directories on storage drives. Some key commands in MS-DOS include DIR to view files, COPY to duplicate files, DEL to delete files, CD to change directories, and RD to remove directories. MS-DOS was an important early operating system that helped popularize personal computing.

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MS-DOS

PRESENTED BY S.KOWSAR
MS-DOS

 MICROSOFT DISK OPERTING SYSTEM


 OPERATING SYSTEM(os)
 OPEARTING SYSYTEM IS A COLLECTION
OF PROGRAMS WRITTEN BY THE
COMPUTERMANUFACTURAR TO
ENABLEYOU TO USE THAT COMPUTER
SYSTEM.
TYPES OF OPERATING
SYSTEM

 SINGLE USER OS
 MULTI USER OS
 SINGLE USER OS:
 THESE ARE DESIGNED THAT ONLY ONE
USER CAN WORK WITH A COMPUTER
SYSTEM AT A TIME.
 EXAMPLE OF OS LIKE WIN 95,WIN 98,WIN
XP ARE ALL USER OPERATING SYSTEM
MULTI USER OPERATING
SYSTEM
THESE ARE DESIGNED SO THAT MANY
USERS CAN WORK ON A COPUTER
SYSTEM AT THE SAME TIME.
EXAMPLES ARE UNIX,LINUX,KERNALETC
MS-DOS

 Ms-dos is used in operatig systems for pcs.


 Introduces in 1981
 Developed by Microsoft corporation, USA
 DOS is a collection of program and commands
that are used to control overall computer
operations in a disk-based system
Booting , system prompt

 The process of loading the operating system into


memory of the computer is known as booting.
 On loaing DOS,the screen displays A:\>,C:\>
these message is called System prompt .
Disk drive,file

 Disk drive
 Disk drive are known as store a information of
future purpose. Examples are C: ,D: ,A:
 FILE
 File is a collection of data and store in drives.
Filenames , extension

 By assiging a name user can easily identified the


file.
 A file extension (or simply "extension") is the
suffix at the end of a filename that indicates what
type of file it is. For example, in the filename
"myreport. txt,"
directories

 A directory is a location for storing files on


your computer. Directories are found in a
hierarchical file system, such as Linux, MS-DOS,
OS/2, and Unix. ... In a GUI such as Microsoft
Windows, directories are referred to as folders
Subdirectories, root directory

 A directory can also have directories called


subdirectories
Root directory:
 Every disk has also one directory.
 Directories and subdirectories form a structure
called a directory tree.
 Directories where all other files and directories
will be stored it called root directory
Path , folders, dos command line

 A path, the general form of the name of a file or


directory, specifies a unique location in a file
system
 Folders help in storing and organizing files and
data in the computer.
 MS-DOS command line known as where you
type commands.
Dos commands

Dos commands are two types


 INTERNAL COMMAND
 EXTERNAL COMMAND
INTERNAL COMMAND

Internal command are read into the main memory of the


computer at time of booting and they replace in
memory until the system is powered off.
Internal commands are
CD,CLS,TIME,RD,VER,DIR,RENAME,PROMPT,M
D,DEL,DATE,COPY.
External command

 MS-DOS stores external commands as separate as


separate files on your disk and are not read into
memory when you start your system.
 The filename of an external command has
a .com, .exe. Or .bat extension.
 Some of the external command are:
 AISGN,BACKUP,CHKDSK,EDIT,HELP,DISKCOMP,DISKCOPY,FOR
MAT,SYS,GRAPHICS.PRINT,TREE,XCOPY
INTERNAL COMMANDS

 DISPLAING THE DIRECTORY (DIR)


 DIR[/P][/W][/S][/O(+ORDER)][D:]
 /P: display a directory page by page
 /w:display directory wide (5 coloumn)
 /s display files in specified directory and all
subdirectories
 /o list files in sorted order.
 Comand of DIR
 A>DIR PRESS ENTER KEY(OR)C>DIR
PRESS ENTER KEY
 C>DIR/P
 IT DISPLAY PAGE BY PAGE
CLS, COPY COMMAND

 CLS COMMAND
THIS COMAND IS CLEAR THE CURRENT SREEN
DISPLAY AD PLACE THE DOS PROMPT AT THE TOP
LEFT OF THE BLANK SCREE.
C>CLS
 COPY COMMAND
COPy sorcefilename target file name
c>copy sample.exe d:
Deleting a file DEL AND ERASE

 Del and erase are have the same effect.


DEL[D:][PATH]file.ext
ERASE[D:][PATH] FILE.EXT
REN(RENAME) COMMAND

 REN command is
 REN [D:][PATH]oldfile.ext newfile.ext

 Type command
 Type command is used to display the contents of
a file on the screen
 Type command
 TYPE [drive:]filename.ext
DATE COMMAND,TIME
COMMAND
 C>DATE PRESS ENTER
 IT display a date

 TIME COMMAND

 C> TIME PRESS ENTER


VER COMMAND,MKDIR OR
MD DIRECTORY
 VER command display a version of dos version
number
 C>ver
 MD[drive:] [\] directory [\directory…]
Cd command

 Access files in a particular subdirectory.you have


to move into thanthe subdirectoryusing the cd
command

 Cd[drive:][\]directory[\directory]
 C>chdir fortran
 C>cd fortran
Deleting directories RMDIR OR
RD COMMAND
 USING the rd directory remove a subdirectory
from the parent directory from floppy disk or
harddisk.

 c.>cd\payroll\officers

 Now remove all the files of officers


 C>DEL*.*

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