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ASSOC = to Displays or modifies file extension associations.

AT = to Schedules commands and programs to run on a computer.

ATTRIB = to Displays or changes file attributes.

BREAK = to Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking.

CACLS = to Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files.

CALL = to Calls one batch program from another.


CD = to Displays the name of or changes the current directory.

CHCP = to Displays or sets the active code page number.

CHDIR = to Displays the name of or changes the current directory.

CHKDSK = to Checks a disk and displays a status report.



CHKNTFS = to Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time.

CLS = to Clears the screen.

CMD = to Starts a new instance of the Windows command interpreter.

COLOR = to Sets the default console foreground and background colors.

COMP = to Compares the contents of two files or sets of files.

COMPACT = to Displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS partitions.

CONVERT = to Converts FAT volumes to NTFS. You cannot convert the current drive.

COPY = to Copies one or more files to another location.

DATE = to Displays or sets the date.

DEL = to Deletes one or more files.

DIR = to Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.

DISKCOMP = to Compares the contents of two floppy disks.

DISKCOPY = to Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another.



DOSKEY = to Edits command lines, recalls Windows commands, and creates macros.
ECHO = to Displays messages, or turns command echoing on or off.


ENDLOCAL = to Ends localization of environment changes in a batch file.

ERASE = to Deletes one or more files.
EXIT = to Quits the CMD.EXE program (command interpreter).

FC = to Compares two files or sets of files, and displays the differences between them.

FIND = to Searches for a text string in a file or files.

FINDSTR = to Searches for strings in files.

FOR = to Runs a specified command for each file in a set of files.

FORMAT = to Formats a disk for use with Windows.

FTYPE = to Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.

GOTO = to Directs the Windows command interpreter to a labeled line in a batch program.

GRAFTABL = to Enables Windows to display an extended character set in graphics mode.

HELP = to Provides Help information for Windows commands.

IF = to Performs conditional processing in batch programs.

LABEL = to Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk.

MD = to Creates a directory.

MKDIR = to Creates a directory.

MODE = to Configures a system device.

MORE = to Displays output one screen at a time.

MOVE = to Moves one or more files from one directory to another directory.

PATH = to Displays or sets a search path for executable files.


PAUSE = to Suspends processing of a batch file and displays a message.

POPD = to Restores the previous value of the current directory saved by PUSHD.

PRINT = to Prints a text file.

PROMPT = to Changes the Windows command prompt.

PUSHD = to Saves the current directory then changes it.

RD = to Removes a directory.

RECOVER = to Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk.

REM = to Records comments (remarks) in batch files or CONFIG.SYS.

REN = to Renames a file or files.

RENAME = to Renames a file or files.

REPLACE = to Replaces files.

RMDIR = to Removes a directory.

SET = to Displays, sets, or removes Windows environment variables.

SETLOCAL = to Begins localization of environment changes in a batch file.

SHIFT = to Shifts the position of replaceable parameters in batch files.

SORT = to Sorts input.

START = to Starts a separate window to run a specified program or command.

SUBST = to Associates a path with a drive letter.

TIME = to Displays or sets the system time.

TITLE = to Sets the window title for a CMD.EXE session.

TREE = to Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or path.

TYPE = to Displays the contents of a text file.

VER = to Displays the Windows version.

VERIFY = to Tells Windows whether to verify that your files are written correctly to a disk.

VOL = to Displays a disk volume label and serial number.

XCOPY = to Copies files and directory trees.