Beginners Tab

Note: This page are for the students who wants to learn basic DOS/C commands


Different commands in MS-DOS/prompts:



  • cd <directory name> → the basic DOS command, it allows you to change directory 
  • del <file> → Deletes a specific file 
  • dir [name of directory] → Alows you to list all contents of the specified directory 
  • copy <source> <destination> → Allows you to copy a file from a <source> folder to a <destination folder> 
  • move <source> <destination> → Allows you to move a file from a <source> folder to a <destination folder> 
  • ren <source> <destination> → Renames the specified file 
  • edit <filename> → Opens the default DOS editor to allow modification of a specified file 
  • cls → Clears the DOS screen 
  • exit → Leaves the DOS terminal
  • $ t → displays current time on your PC
  • $ d → displays current date on your PC
  • $ v → displays Windows version of your PC
  • $ q → " = "
  • $ b → " | "
  • $ e → " < "
  • $ l → " > "
  • $ → next line
  • $ n → displays current drive letter
  • dir → Lists names of files in current directory (folder)
  • dir Hello.* → Lists all files whose names start with Hello.
  • cd C:\files → Changes directory to C:\files ("absolute" pathname)
  • cd myfiles → Changes directory to myfiles subdirectory of current directory ("relative" pathname)


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