138 Commands of Commond Prompt ( DOS ) with their descriptio
Friday, March 27, 2009
Command Prompt 
No. Command Detail
1 ANSI.SYS -- Defines functions that change display graphics, control cursor movement, and reassign keys. 
2 APPEND -- Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.
3 ARP -- Displays, adds, and removes arp information from network devices
4 ASSIGN -- Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter
5 ASSOC -- View the file associations
6 AT -- Schedule a time to execute commands or programs. 
7 ATMADM -- Lists connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.
8 ATTRIB -- Display and change file attributes. 
9 BATCH -- NRecovery console command that executes a series of commands in a file. 
10 BOOTCFG -- Recovery console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini 
11 BREAK -- Enable / disable CTRL + C feature. 
12 CACLS -- View and modify file ACL's. 
13 CALL -- Calls a batch file from another batch file. 
14 CD -- Changes directories. 
15 CHCP -- Supplement the International keyboard and character set information. 
16 CHDIR -- Changes directories. 
17 CHKDSK -- Check the hard disk drive running FAT for errors. 
18 CHKNTFS -- Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors. 
19 CHOICE -- Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file. 
20 CLS -- Clears the screen. 
21 CMD -- Opens the command interpreter. 
22 COLOR -- Easily change the foreground and background color of the 
MS-DOS window. 
23 COMP -- Compares files. 
24 COMPACT -- Compresses and uncompress files. 
25 CONTROL -- Open control panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt. 
26 CONVERT Convert FAT to NTFS. 
27 COPY -- Copy one or more files to an alternate location. 
28 CTTY -- Change the computers input/output devices. 
29 DATE -- View or change the systems date. 
30 DEBUG -- Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings. 
31 DEFRAG -- Re-arrange the hard disk drive to help with loading programs. 
32 DEL -- Deletes one or more files. 
33 DELETE -- Recovery console command that deletes a file. 
34 DELTREE -- Deletes one or more files and/or directories. 
35 DIR -- List the contents of one or more directory. 
36 DISABLE -- Recovery console command that disables Windows system services or drivers. 
37 DISKCOMP -- Compare a disk with another disk. 
38 DISKCOPY -- Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk. 
39 DOSKEY -- Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past. 
40 DOSSHELL -- A GUI to help with early MS-DOS users. 
41 DRIVPARM -- Enables overwrite of original device drivers. 
42 ECHO -- Displays messages and enables and disables echo. 
43 EDIT -- View and edit files. 
44 EDLIN -- View and edit files. 
45 EMM386 -- Load extended Memory Manager. 
46 ENABLE -- Recovery console command to enable a disable service or driver. 
47 ENDLOCAL -- Stops the localization of the environment changes 
enabled by the setlocal command. 
48 ERASE -- Erase files from computer. 
49 EXPAND -- Expand a Microsoft Windows file back to it's original format. 
50 EXIT -- Exit from the command interpreter. 
51 EXTRACT -- Extract files from the Microsoft Windows cabinets. 
52 FASTHELP -- Displays a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them
53 FC -- Compare files. 
54 FDISK -- Utility used to create partitions on the hard disk drive. 
55 FIND -- Search for text within a file. 
56 FINDSTR -- Searches for a string of text within a file. 
57 FIXBOOT -- Writes a new boot sector. 
59 FIXMBR -- Writes a new boot record to a disk drive. 
60 FOR -- Boolean used in batch files. 
61 FORMAT -- Command to erase and prepare a disk drive. 
62 FTP -- Command to connect and operate on a FTP server. 
63 FTYPE -- Displays or modifies file types used in file extension 
associations. 
64 GOTO -- Moves a batch file to a specific label or location. 
65 GRAFTABL -- Show extended characters in graphics mode. 
66 HELP -- Display a listing of commands and brief explanation. 
67 IF -- Allows for batch files to perform conditional processing. 
68 IFSHLP.SYS -- 32-bit file manager. 
69 IPCONFIG -- Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values. 
70 KEYB -- Change layout of keyboard. 
71 LABEL -- Change the label of a disk drive. 
72 LH -- Load a device driver in to high memory. 
73 LISTSVC -- Recovery console command that displays the services and drivers. 
74 LOADFIX -- Load a program above the first 64k. 
75 LOADHIGH -- Load a device driver in to high memory. 
76 LOCK -- Lock the hard disk drive. 
77 LOGON -- Recovery console command to list installations and enable administrator login. 
78 MAP -- Displays the device name of a drive. 
79 MD -- Command to create a new directory. 
80 MEM -- Display memory on system. 
81 MKDIR -- Command to create a new directory. 
82 MODE -- Modify the port or display settings. 
83 MORE -- Display one page at a time. 
84 MOVE -- Move one or more files from one directory to another DIRECTORY 
85 MSAV -- Early Microsoft Virus scanner. 
86 MSD -- Diagnostics utility. 
87 MSCDEX -- Utility used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM. 
88 NBTSTAT -- Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT 
89 NET -- Update, fix, or view the network or network settings 
90 NETSH -- Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS. 
91 NETSTAT -- Display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information. 
92 NLSFUNC -- Load country specific information.
93 NSLOOKUP -- Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.
94 PATH -- View and modify the computers path location
95 PATHPING -- View and locate locations of network latency
96 PAUSE -- command used in batch files to stop the processing of a command. 
97 PING -- Test / send information to another network computer or network device .
98 POPD -- Changes to the directory or network path stored by the pushd command.
99 POWER -- Conserve power with computer portables.
100 PRINT -- Prints data to a printer port.
101 PROMPT -- View and change the MS-DOS prompt.
102 PUSHD -- Stores a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time. 
103 QBASIC -- Open the QBasic.
104 RD -- Removes an empty directory.
105 REN -- Renames a file or directory.
106 RENAME -- Renames a file or directory. 
107 RMDIR -- Removes an empty directory.
108 ROUTE -- View and configure windows network route tables.
109 RUNAS -- Enables a user to execute a program on another 
computer.
110 SCANDISK -- Run the scandisk utility.
111 SCANREG -- Scan registry and recover registry from errors.
112 SET -- Change one variable or string to another.
113 SETLOCAL -- Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything else. 
114 SHARE -- Installs support for file sharing and locking capabilities. 
115 SETVER -- Change MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs. 
116 SHIFT -- Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program. 
117 SHUTDOWN -- Shutdown the computer from the MS-DOS prompt. 
118 SMARTDRV -- Create a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory. 
119 SORT -- Sorts the input and displays the output to the screen. 
120 START -- Start a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt. 
121 SUBST -- Substitute a folder on your computer for another drive letter. 
122 SWITCHES -- Remove add functions from MS-DOS. 
123 SYS -- Transfer system files to disk drive. 
124 TELNET -- Telnet to another computer / device from the prompt. 
125 TIME -- View or modify the system time. 
126 TITLE -- Change the title of their MS-DOS window. 
127 TRACERT -- Visually view a network packets route across a network.
128 TREE -- View a visual tree of the hard disk drive. 
129 TYPE -- Display the contents of a file. 
130 UNDELETE -- Undelete a file that has been deleted. 
131 UNFORMAT -- Unformat a hard disk drive. 
132 UNLOCK -- Unlock a disk drive. 
133 VER -- Display the version information. 
134 VERIFY -- Enables or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly.
135 VOL -- Displays the volume information about the designated drive. 
136 XCOPY -- Copy multiple files, directories, and/or drives from one location to another.
137 TRUENAME -- When placed before a file, will display the whole directory in which it exists 
138 TASKKILL -- It allows you to kill those unneeded or locked up applications:fencing:
 
  







