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)

check this sites:

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jchap/tvdt.htm 

http://www.computerhope.com/overview.htm
http://www.c3scripts.com/tutorials/msdos/dir.html