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DOS Commands

How well do you remember the DOS (and Windows) command line?
Some utilities are unique to MS-DOS. Names from PC DOS and DR-DOS are supported.
Darker cells indicate commands no longer supported in the Windows command line.
One utility is included in 32-bit, but not 64-bit versions of Windows.
Bonus trivia: Two files that everyone had to work with in DOS.
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Last updated: February 23, 2019
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Hint
Command
Clear the screen
cls
Duplicate one or more files
copy
Relocate one or more files
move
Display a file's contents
type
View and modify a file
edit
View and modify a file one line at a time
edlin
Display contents of a folder
dir
Change active folder
chdir
Create a folder
mkdir
Delete a folder
rmdir
Delete a folder and all subfolders
deltree
Duplicate an entire folder tree
xcopy
Create programs in BASIC
qbasic
Hint
Command
Check the filesystem
chkdsk
Like above, but also checks for bad sectors
scandisk
Copy an entire disk to another disk
diskcopy
Erase and prepare a disk
format
Partition a disk
fdisk
Organize data sequentially for performance
defrag
Optimize and reduce memory usage
memmaker
Diagnostics utility
msd
DOS graphical interface
dosshell
 
 
Hint
Filename
List of commands to run at startup
autoexec.bat
System configuration file
config.sys
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