List of all DOS Commands.

1) Date Command
This command is used to change or/and display current system date.

C:\>DATE /t
Sun 03/04/2012

C:\>DATE
The current date is: Sun 03/04/2012
Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy) 04-05-2013

2) TIME Command
This command is used to change or/and display current system time.

C:\>TIME /t
02:48 AM

C:\>TIME
The current time is: 2:48:47.32
Enter the new time: 06:10:00

3) VER Command
This command is used to display the window's version.

C:\>ver
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]

4) VOL Command
This command is used to display the disk volume level or serial number.

C:\>vol d:
Volume in drive D is SOFTWARE
Volume Serial Number is 147C-DA89

5) LABEL Command
This command is used to create, update and delete the serial number of particular disk.

C:\>LABEL D:
Volume in drive D: is SOFTWARE
Volume Serial Number is 147C-DA89
Volume label (32 characters, ENTER for none)? IMP_DOCUMENTS
6) ECHO Command
This command is used to display message on command screen, and also turn on/off command-
echoing.

Command syntax is :
C:\> ECHO [ON|OFF]
C:\> ECHO [MESSAGE]

C:\>ECHO "https://www.includehelp.com"
"https://www.includehelp.com"

C:\>ECHO OFF

DATE/T
Sun 03/04/2012

ECHO ON
C:\>

7) PROMPT Command
This command is used to change the command prompt.

Switches:
$A - & (Ampersand)
$B - | (pipe)
$C - ( (Left parenthesis)
$D - Current date
$E - Escape code (ASCII code 27)
$F - ) (Right parenthesis)
$G - > (greater-than sign)
$H - Backspace (erases previous character)
$L - < (less-than sign)
$N - Current drive
$P - Current drive and path
$Q - = (equal sign)
$S - (space)
$T - Current time
$$ - $ dollar sign

C:\>prompt "includehelp.com"

"includehelp.com"DATE/t
Sun 03/04/2012

"includehelp.com"PROMPT $p$g

C:\>
8) TITLE Command
This command is used to change the title of MS DOS screen.

C:\>TITLE includehelp.com

9) MKDIR/MD Command
MKDIR/MD command is used to create directory in particular drive.

Command syntax is :
C:\> MKDIR [drive]:\[Directory_Name]
C:\> MKDIR [Directory_Name]
* If you do not enter path [drive or directory],
directory will make in current working drive/directory.

1. C:\>MKDIR D:\Tutorial
2. C:\>MKDIR Tutorial
3. C:\>MKDIR D:\Folder1\Folder2\Folder3

Explanation

1. Directory will create into D: drive

2. Directory will create into C: drive.
3. You can also create directories using sub-direcories, here 3 directories will be created .
Folder1 will be created in D: drive then Folder2 will be in Folder1 and Folder3 will be in
Folder2.

10) CHDIR/CD Command

CHDIR/CD command is used to change current working direcory.

Command syntax is :
C:\> CHDIR [drive]:\[Directory_Name]
C:\> CHDIR [Directory_Name]

11) CD.. and CD\ Command

CD.. command is used to exit from current working directory.
CD\ command is used to exit from all directories and reaches to current drive.

Command syntax is :
[Current_working_drive\direcotries..\> CD..
[Current_working_drive\direcotries..\> CD\

1. C:\>d:
2. d:\>cd tutorial
3. d:\Tutorial>cd..
4. d:\>cd folder1\folder2\folder3
5. d:\Folder1\Folder2\Folder3>cd\
6. d:\>cd folder1\folder2
7. d:\Folder1\Folder2>cd\
8. d:\>
Explanation

1: Change current drive C: to D: drive.

2: Open tutorial directory .
3: Current working dir. is"D:\tutorial> ", CD.. - exit from tutorial directory.
4: Open folder3 directory. (folder3 exits in "D:\folder1\folder2" No need to write D:\ because
current working directory is D:).
5: Current working directory is "folder3". CD\ - exit from all directories.
6: Open folder2 directory .(folder2 is exists in "D:\folder1").
7: Current working directory is "folder2". CD\ - exit from all directories.

12) COPY CON

COPY CON command is used to create a text file.

Command syntax is :
C:\>COPY CON [file_name]
Your text will goes here....
^Z (CTRL+Z) OR F6 .. (to save file)

C:\>COPY CON about_us.txt

includehelp.com provides online tutorials .
^Z
C:\>

13) TYPE Command

TYPE command is used to display file.

Command syntax is :
C:\> TYPE [FILE_PATH]

C:\>TYPE about_us.txt
includehelp.com provides online tutorials .
C:\>

14) EDIT Command

EDIT command is used to open DOS Editor to create,display, modify files.
Switches
/B - To open black and white mode.
/R - To open file in read only mode.

Command syntax is :

C:\>EDIT [/B|/R] [FILE_PATH]

1. C:\>Edit
2. C:\>Edit/B about_us.txt
3. C:\>Edit/R about_us.txt
4. C:\>Edit about_us.txt

Explanation

1: Opens DOS Editor.

2: Opens about_us.txt file in black and white dos editor.
3: Opens about_us.txt file in read only mode.
4: Open about_us.txt file in colored screen.

15) DIR Command

DIR command is used to displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.

Switches

/A Attribute wise filtering ..

R : Read only files.

D : Directories only.

H : Hidden items only.

S : System files only.

-D: Files only

/B Uses bare format (no heading information or summary).

/C Display the thousand separator in file sizes. This is the default.

Use /-C to disable display of separator.

/D Same as wide but files are list sorted by column.

/L Uses lowercase.

/N New long list format where filenames are on the far right.

/O List by files in sorted order.)

S: Size wise sorting.

N: Name wise.

D: Date wise.

E: Extension wise sorting.

/P Pauses after each screenful of information.

/Q Display the owner of the file.

/S Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories.

/T Control what time field displayed or used for sorting

timefield C Creation,

A Last Access,

W Last Written

/W Uses wide list format.

Command syntax is :
DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/B] [/C] [/D] [/L]...

1) C:\> DIR D:

(display all directories and files of d: drive).

2) Using "A" attribute:-

C:\> DIR/AD D:

(display direcotries (folders) only of d: drive).

C:\> DIR/A-D D:

(display only files of d: drive).

C:\> DIR/AH D:

(display all hidden items of d: drive).

3) C:\> DIR/A-D/AR D:

(display all files(only) with read only property).

Using wild characters:

1) To find all .txt (text) file from d:\folder1
C:\>DIR D:\folder1\*.txt
2) To display all .docx (ms word files) starting with "A" filename.
C:\>DIR D:\folder1\A*.docx
3) To display all files of E: drive starting with "A" but third charcter of file name must be "C" (of
any type/extension).
C:\>DIR D:\A?C*.*
4) To display all files with all extenstions of E:\.
C:\>DIR E:\*.*

16) TREE Command

This command is used to display files and sub directories of particular directory.
Switches
F : Displays the name of the files in each folder.
A : Use ASCII instead of extended characters.

Command syntax is :

C:\>TREE/[SWITCH] [DRIVE:]\[DIRECTORY]

C:\>TREE D:\test

Folder PATH listing for volume iHelp's Personal Data

Volume serial number is 00000002 147C:DA89

D:\TEST

├───folder1

├───folder2

│ └───SubFolder1

│ ├───SubFolderA

│ └───SubFolderB

└───folder3

C:\>

C:\>TREE/F D:\test
Folder PATH listing for volume iHelp's Personal Data
Volume serial number is 00000002 147C:DA89
D:\TEST
│ file1.txt
│ file2.txt
│
├───folder1
├───folder2
│ │ file-A.txt
│ │ file-B.txt
│ │
│ └───SubFolder1
│ │ t.txt
│ │
│ ├───SubFolderA
│ └───SubFolderB
└───folder3

C:\>

17) DEL/ERASE Command

DEL/ERASE command is used to delete one or more than one file at a time.

Command syntax is :
C:\> Del [/Switch] [File Path]

Following switches can be use with this command.

1. /P : Display the confirmation message.

2. /F : Force deleting of read only files.
3. /A : Select file to delete based on attributes :
o S : System files
o R : read only files
o H : Hidden files
o A : ready for archiving

C:\>ERASE/P D:\includehelp.txt
D:\includehelp.txt, Delete (Y/N)? y

Explanation : above command will delete includehelp.txt file from D:\ drive, with confirmation
message "D:\includehelp.txt, Delete (Y/N) ? " Press Y to delete..

1) C:\> Del MyFile.Txt

2) C:\> Del/AH *.jpg
3) C:\> Del D:\Ram\Shyam\F1.Doc

Explanation

1) Delete MyFile.txt from C drive.

2) Delete all hidden files with extension .jpg( JPEG image files).
3) Delete F1.Doc from D:\Ram\Shyam folder..
18) RM/RMDIR Command
This command is used to removes (deletes) a directory (folder).

Command syntax is :
C:\> RD [/Switch] [Path]

Following switches can be use with this command.

 /S : Removes all directories and files in the specified directory in addition to the directory
itself. Used to remove a directory tree.
 /Q : Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to remove a directory tree with /S.

1. C:\>TREE d:\examples
2. Folder PATH listing for volume Mike's Personal Data
3. Volume serial number is 00000002 147C:DA89
4. D:\EXAMPLES
5. ├───include
6. │ └───Debug
7. └───loop_Ex

8. C:\>RD/S d:\examples
9. d:\examples, Are you sure (Y/N)? y
10. C:\>

Explanation

1. Command to display d:\examples directory.

8. Command to delete d:\examples directory.
9. Confirmation message to delete ...

19) SHUTDOWN Command

Shutdown command is used to shuts down the window.

Switches

/S Shuts down the window. /F Forcely shut down the window. /C Display dialog with comment
and then shutdown. /T Shutdown time in XX seconds. /A Abort the shutdown command. /I To
displai GUI window for remote shutdown.

1) C:\> SHUTDOWN -S
2) C:\> SHUTDOWN -F
3) C:\> SHUTDOWN -S -C "Windows is shutting down due to virus.."
4) C:\> SHUTDOWN -S -T 30
5) C:\> SHUTDOWN -A
6) C:\> SHUTDOWN -I