COMMANDS OF CMD PROMPT

                                    COMMANDS OF CMD PROMPT

1.    DATE  -  date

2.    TIME -  time

3.      VERSION – Tells us current version Eg. ver

4.      CLS – Clear screen

5.      MD – Made Directory

6.      CD  - Change Directory

7.      COPY CON – Make a new file

8.      TYPE – To see the files Eg. Type [file name].[ext]

9.      | MORE – To see the file page wise Eg. type [file name].[ext] |more

10.  CTRL+Z – For save the file

11.  CD\ -  For come outside of all directories

12.  CD.. – For come outside of previous directory

13.  ECHO OFF – For hidden the prompt

14.  ECHO ON – For unhidden the prompt

15.  EXIT ­- Close the command prompt

16.  PROMPT – to hidden the drive and show anything which you want Eg. Prompt [any name]

17.  PROMPT $P$G – For return to our old prompt

18.  PROMPT $P$T – To see the time with prompt

19.  PROMPT $P$D – To see the date with prompt

20.  PROMPT $Q – To see =

21.  PROMPT $$ – To see $

22.  PROMPT $P – To see path

23.  PROMPT $N – To see current drive

24.  PROMPT $V – To see version no.

25.  PROMPT $B – To see pipe sign

26.  PROMPT $H – To see backspace

27.  PROMPT $E – To see ascii code

28.  PROMPT $ – To see carriage return & unipad

29.  DIR – To see the directory

30.  DIR/P – To see the directory page wise

31.  DIR/W – To see the directory wildly

32.  DIR/P/W - To see the directory page wise and wildly

33.  DIR/O - To see the directory in capital letters and serial wise

34.  DIR/AD – To see only directories not any file

35.  DIR/OD - To see directories and file date wise

36.  Dir/O/L - To see the directory in capital small letters and serial wise

37.  DIR/S – To see all directories and files with internal files and directries.

38.  DIR/A –To see all files(hidden , system ,normal)

39.  DIR/H – To see only hidden files

40.  Dir/AH – To see

41.  Dir/S – To see stepwise

42.  DIR *.txt – To see all text files

43.  DIR [drive name]:\ - To see all files and directories of any drive

44.  REN – To change the name of file Syntax  ren [drive:] [path] filename1.[ext] filename2.[ext]

45.  EDIT – For any type of changes in files

46.  MEM – For display of memory

47.  CHKDSK – For disk checking

48.  COPY – Copy of file from one place to another place, Syntax1 copy [drive:] [source pathname] [drive:] [destination pathname] [/v] [/a] [/b], Syntax2 copy pathname1+ pathname 2[….] destination pathname, Eg. copy  ram.bat shayam.bat   Eg. copy c:\mayank\ram.bat c:\shanu\shayam.bat

49.  COPY /S

50.  COPY/P

51.  COPY/E

52.  Move – For move a file to another place same as copy command

53.  RD – Remove Directory Eg. rd [directory name]

54.  DEL/ERASE – For delete the file Syntax del [drive:] pathname /p or erase [drive:] pathname/p Eg. del [file name] {/p is uses for giving warning}

55.  C:/>f:  -  For change c drive to f drive

56.  WILDCARDS – ‘?’ and ‘*’ is called wildcards Eg. ?.doc means all the doc files Eg. ?bc.doc means all doc files which are ended with last two character bc.   Eg. a*.doc means all doc files which are starts from a.

57.  BREAK[ON/OFF] – To stop an activity

58.  VOL – Displays the disk volume label and serial number ,if they exists Syntax vol [drive :]

59.  /? –Used for help.

60.  Erase

61.  DISKCOPY

62.  LABEL

63.  PRINT

64.  PRN

65.  MEM

66.  DOSKEY

67.  HELP

68.  MODE

69.  TREE

70. Making executable jar file – jar –cfm [filename].jar manifest.mft *.class [all extra files  which are to be added]…………{mainfest.mft-----Main-Class: [filename]+[press enter]}save this file with extention .mft.

MS-DOS and command line overview

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
PRINT 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.