COMMON DOS (COMMAND PROMPT) COMMANDS

• CD - change directory
• CLS - clear the screen
• COPY - copy files from one location to anotehr
• DEL - deletes files (not directories)
• DIR - list out the contents of a directory
• DATE - get the system date
• ECHO - display a message
• EXIT - exit the command prompt
• MD - create a new directory in the current location
• MOVE - move files or directories between directories
• PATH - displays or sets the path variable
• PAUSE - prompts the user and waits for a line of input to be entered
• RD - remove directory (must be empty first)
• REN - rename file/directory
• START - starts a program in new window, or opens a document
• TIME - sets or displays the time
• TYPE - prints the contents of a file or files to the output
• CHOICE - provides a list of options to the user
• CMD - invokes another instance of command prompt
• IPCONFIG - displays Windows IP configuration (get your IP address)
• PING - sends ICMP/IP "echo" packets over the network to the specified address
• SHUTDOWN - shuts down a computer, or logs off the current user
• SORT - takes input from a source file and sorts its contents alphabetically, from A to Z or Z to A - prints output on console
• TREE - displays a tree of all subdirectories of the current directory to any level of recursion or depth
• TITLE - sets the title displayed in the console window
• SET - displays the list of environment variables on the current system
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• The > command is used to redirect the output to a specified file
• The < command is used to run a command USING the specified file