S-DOS Command List

Command Description
Append The append command can be used by programs to open
files in another directory as if they were located in the
current directory.
Assign The assign command is used to redirect drive requests to
a different drive. This command can also show drive
assignments and reset drive letters to their original
assignments.
Attrib The attrib command is used to change the attributes of a
single file or a directory.
Break The break command sets or clears extended CTRL+C
checking on DOS systems.
Call The call command is used to run a script or batch
program from within another script or batch program. The
call command has no effect outside of a script or batch
file. In other words, running the call command at the MS-
DOS prompt will do nothing.
Cd The cd command is the shorthand version of the chdir
command.
Chcp The chcp command displays or configures the active code
page number.
Chdir The chdir command is used to display the drive letter and
folder that you are currently in. Chdir can also be used to
change the drive and/or directory that you want to work in.
Chkdsk The chkdsk command, often referred to as check disk, is
used to identify and correct certain hard drive errors.
Choice The choice command is used within a script or batch
program to provide a list of choices and return the value
of that choice to the program.
Cls The cls command clears the screen of all previously
entered commands and other text.
Command The command command starts a new instance of the
command.com command interpreter.
Copy The copy command copies one or more files from one
location to another.
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Country The country command is used in the CONFIG.SYS file to
tell MS-DOS to use country-specific text conventions
during processing.
Ctty The ctty command is used to change the default input and
output devices for the system.
Date The date command is used to show or change the current
date.
Dblspace The dblspace command is used to create or configure
DoubleSpace compressed drives.
Debug The debug command starts Debug, a command line
application used to test and edit programs.
Defrag The defrag command is used to defragment a drive you
specify. The defrag command is the command line
version of Microsoft's Disk Defragmenter.
Del The del command is used to delete one or more files. The
del command is the same as the erase command.
Deltree The deltree command is used to delete a directory and all
the files and subdirectories within it.
Device The device command is used in the CONFIG.SYS file to
load device drivers into memory.
DevicehighThe devicehigh command is used in the CONFIG.SYS file
to load device drivers into upper memory.
Dir The dir command is used to display a list of files and
folders contained inside the folder that you are currently
working in. The dir command also displays other
important information like the hard drive's serial number,
the total number of files listed, their combined size, the
total amount of free space left on the drive, and more.
Diskcomp The diskcomp command is used to compare the contents
of two floppy disks.
Diskcopy The diskcopy command is used to copy the entire
contents of one floppy disk to another.
Dos The dos command is used in the CONFIG.SYS file to
specify the memory location for DOS.
Doskey The doskey command is used to edit command lines,
create macros, and recall previously entered commands.
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Dosshell The dosshell command starts DOS Shell, a graphical file
management tool for MS-DOS. The dosshell command
was only available up to MS-DOS 6.0 but most MS-DOS
6.22 installations were upgrades from previous versions
so the dosshell command is usually still available.
Drvspace The drvspace command is used to create or configure
DriveSpace compressed drives. DriveSpace, executed
using the drvspace command, is an updated version of
DoubleSpace. DriveSpace is an updated version of
DoubleSpace, executed using the dblspace command.
Echo The echo command is used to show messages, most
commonly from within script or batch files. The echo
command can also be used to turn the echoing feature on
or off.
Edit The edit command starts the MS-DOS Editor tool, which
is used to create and modify text files.
Edlin The edlin command starts the Edlin tool, which is used to
create and modify text files from the command line. Edlin
was only available up to MS-DOS 5.0 so unless your
version of MS-DOS 6.22 was upgraded from 5.0, you
likely won't see the edlin command.
Emm386 The emm386 command is used to give MS-DOS access
to more than 640 KB of memory.
Exe2bin The exe2bin command is used to convert .EXE files to
binary format.
Erase The erase command is used to delete one or more files.
The erase command is the same as the del command.
Exit The exit command is used to end the command.com
session that you're currently working in.
Expand The expand command is used to extract the files and
folders contained in Microsoft Cabinet (CAB) files.
Fasthelp The fasthelp command provides more detailed information
on any of the other MS-DOS commands.
Fastopen The fastopen command is used to add a program's hard
drive location to a special list stored in memory,
potentially improving the program's launch time by
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removing the need for MS-DOS to locate the application
on the drive.
Fc The fc command is used to compare two individual or sets
of files and then show the differences between them.
Fcbs The fcbs command is used in the CONFIG.SYS file to
specify the number of file-control blocks for file sharing.
Fdisk The fdisk command is used to create, manage, and delete
hard drive partitions.
Files The files command is used in the CONFIG.SYS file to
specify the maximum number of files that can be open at
the same time.
Find The find command is used to search for a specified text
string in one or more files.
For The for command is used to run a specified command for
each file in a set of files. The for command is most often
used within a batch or script file.
Format The format command is used to format a drive in the file
system that you specify.
Goto The goto command is used in a batch or script file to
direct the command process to a labeled line in the script.
Graphics The graphics command is used to load a program that
can print graphics.
Help The help command provides more detailed information on
any of the other Command Prompt or MS-DOS
commands.
If The if command is used to perform conditional functions
in a batch file.
Include The include command is used in the CONFIG.SYS file to
allow you to use the commands from one CONFIG.SYS
block within another.
Install The install command is used in the CONFIG.SYS file to
load memory-resident programs into conventional
memory.
Interlnk The interlnk command is used to connect two computers
via a serial or parallel connection to share files and
printers.
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Intersvr The intersvr command is used to start the Interlnk server
and to copy Interlnk files from one computer to another.
Join The join command is used to attach a drive letter to a
directory located on another drive. It's similar to the subst
command which associates a drive letter with a local
directory.
Keyb The keyb command is used to configure a keyboard for a
specific language.
Label The label command is used to manage the volume
label of a disk.
Lastdrive The lastdrive command is used in the CONFIG.SYS file to
set the maximum number of drives that can be accessed.
Lh The lh command is the shorthand version of the loadhigh
command.
Loadfix The loadfix command is used to load the specified
program in the first 64K of memory and then runs the
program.
Loadhigh The loadhigh command is used to load a program into
high memory and is usually used from within the
autoexec.bat file.
Md The md command is the shorthand version of the mkdir
command.
Mem The mem command shows information about used and
free memory areas and programs that are currently
loaded into memory in the MS-DOS subsystem.