DOS
Commands for DBA
As SQL Server DBA, there are
many activities which needs the knowledge of DOS Commands.
Please find the
below useful DOS Commands.
ANSI.SYS – Defines functions that change display
graphics, control cursor movement, and reassign keys.
APPEND – Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.
ARP – Displays, adds, and removes arp information from network devices.
ASSIGN – Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter.
ASSOC – View the file associations.
AT – Schedule a time to execute commands or programs.
ATMADM – Lists connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.
ATTRIB – Display and change file attributes.
BATCH – Recovery console command that executes a series of commands in a file.
BOOTCFG – Recovery console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini
BREAK – Enable / disable CTRL + C feature.
CACLS – View and modify file ACL’s.
CALL – Calls a batch file from another batch file.
CD – Changes directories.
CHCP – Supplement the International keyboard and character set information.
CHDIR – Changes directories.
CHKDSK – Check the hard disk drive running FAT for errors.
CHKNTFS – Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors.
CHOICE – Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file.
CLS – Clears the screen.
CMD – Opens the command interpreter.
COLOR – Easily change the foreground and background color of the MS-DOS window.
COMMAND – Opens the command interpreter.
COMP – Compares files.
COMPACT – Compresses and uncompress files.
CONTROL – Open control panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.
CONVERT – Convert FAT to NTFS.
COPY – Copy one or more files to an alternate location.
CTTY – Change the computers input/output devices.
DATE – View or change the systems date.
DEBUG – Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.
DEFRAG – Re-arrange the hard disk drive to help with loading programs.
DEL – Deletes one or more files.
DELETE – Recovery console command that deletes a file.
DELTREE – Deletes one or more files and/or directories.
DIR – List the contents of one or more directory.
DISABLE – Recovery console command that disables Windows system services or drivers.
DISKCOMP – Compare a disk with another disk.
DISKCOPY – Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.
DOSKEY – Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.
DOSSHELL – A GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.
DRIVPARM – Enables overwrite of original device drivers.
ECHO – Displays messages and enables and disables echo.
EDIT – View and edit files.
EDLIN – View and edit files.
EMM386 – Load extended Memory Manager.
ENABLE – Recovery console command to enable a disable service or driver.
ENDLOCAL – Stops the localization of the environment changes enabled by the setlocal command.
ERASE – Erase files from computer.
EXIT – Exit from the command interpreter.
EXPAND – Expand a Microsoft Windows file back to it’s original format.
EXTRACT – Extract files from the Microsoft Windows cabinets.
FASTHELP – Displays a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them.
FC – Compare files.
FDISK – Utility used to create partitions on the hard disk drive.
FIND – Search for text within a file.
FINDSTR – Searches for a string of text within a file.
FIXBOOT – Writes a new boot sector.
FIXMBR – Writes a new boot record to a disk drive.
FORMAT – Command to erase and prepare a disk drive.
FTP – Command to connect and operate on a FTP server.
FTYPE – Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.
GOTO – Moves a batch file to a specific label or location.
GRAFTABL – Show extended characters in graphics mode.
HELP – Display a listing of commands and brief explanation.
IF – Allows for batch files to perform conditional processing.
IFSHLP.SYS – 32-bit file manager.
IPCONFIG – Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.
KEYB – Change layout of keyboard.
LABEL – Change the label of a disk drive.
LH – Load a device driver in to high memory.
LISTSVC – Recovery console command that displays the services and drivers.
LOADFIX – Load a program above the first 64k.
LOADHIGH – Load a device driver in to high memory.
LOCK - Lock the hard disk drive.
LOGON – Recovery console command to list installations and enable administrator login.
MAP - Displays the device name of a drive.
MD – Command to create a new directory.
MEM – Display memory on system.
MKDIR - Command to create a new directory.
MODE – Modify the port or display settings.
MORE – Display one page at a time.
MOVE – Move one or more files from one directory to another directory.
MSAV – Early Microsoft Virus scanner.
MSD – Diagnostics utility.
MSCDEX – Utility used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.
NBTSTAT – Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using
NET – Update, fix, or view the network or network settings
NETSH – Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.
NETSTAT – Display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.
NLSFUNC – Load country specific information.
NSLOOKUP – Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.
PATH – View and modify the computers path location.
PATHPING – View and locate locations of network latency.
PAUSE – Command used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.
PING – Test / send information to another network computer or network device.
POPD – Changes to the directory or network path stored by the pushd command.
POWER – Conserve power with computer portables.
PRINT – Prints data to a printer port.
PROMPT – View and change the MS-DOS prompt.
PUSHD – Stores a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time.
QBASIC – Open the QBasic.
RD – Removes an empty directory.
REN – Renames a file or directory.
RENAME – Renames a file or directory.
RMDIR – Removes an empty directory.
ROUTE – View and configure windows network route tables.
RUNAS – Enables a user to execute a program on another computer.
SCANDISK – Run the scandisk utility.
SCANREG – Scan registry and recover registry from errors.
SET - Change one variable or string to another.
SETLOCAL – Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything else.
SETVER – Change MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs.
SHARE – Installs support for file sharing and locking capabilities.
SHIFT – Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program.
SHUTDOWN – Shutdown the computer from the MS-DOS prompt.
SMARTDRV – Create a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory.
SORT – Sorts the input and displays the output to the screen.
START – Start a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt.
SUBST – Substitute a folder on your computer for another drive letter.
SWITCHES – Remove add functions from MS-DOS.
SYS – Transfer system files to disk drive.
TELNET – Telnet to another computer / device from the prompt.
TIME – View or modify the system time.
TITLE - Change the title of their MS-DOS window.
TRACERT – Visually view a network packets route across a network.
TREE - View a visual tree of the hard disk drive.
TYPE – Display the contents of a file.
UNDELETE – Undelete a file that has been deleted.
UNFORMAT – Unformat a hard disk drive.
UNLOCK – Unlock a disk drive.
VER - Display the version information.
VERIFY – Enables or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly.
VOL - Displays the volume information about the designated drive.
XCOPY – Copy multiple files, directories, and/or drives from one location to another.
APPEND – Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.
ARP – Displays, adds, and removes arp information from network devices.
ASSIGN – Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter.
ASSOC – View the file associations.
AT – Schedule a time to execute commands or programs.
ATMADM – Lists connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.
ATTRIB – Display and change file attributes.
BATCH – Recovery console command that executes a series of commands in a file.
BOOTCFG – Recovery console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini
BREAK – Enable / disable CTRL + C feature.
CACLS – View and modify file ACL’s.
CALL – Calls a batch file from another batch file.
CD – Changes directories.
CHCP – Supplement the International keyboard and character set information.
CHDIR – Changes directories.
CHKDSK – Check the hard disk drive running FAT for errors.
CHKNTFS – Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors.
CHOICE – Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file.
CLS – Clears the screen.
CMD – Opens the command interpreter.
COLOR – Easily change the foreground and background color of the MS-DOS window.
COMMAND – Opens the command interpreter.
COMP – Compares files.
COMPACT – Compresses and uncompress files.
CONTROL – Open control panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.
CONVERT – Convert FAT to NTFS.
COPY – Copy one or more files to an alternate location.
CTTY – Change the computers input/output devices.
DATE – View or change the systems date.
DEBUG – Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.
DEFRAG – Re-arrange the hard disk drive to help with loading programs.
DEL – Deletes one or more files.
DELETE – Recovery console command that deletes a file.
DELTREE – Deletes one or more files and/or directories.
DIR – List the contents of one or more directory.
DISABLE – Recovery console command that disables Windows system services or drivers.
DISKCOMP – Compare a disk with another disk.
DISKCOPY – Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.
DOSKEY – Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.
DOSSHELL – A GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.
DRIVPARM – Enables overwrite of original device drivers.
ECHO – Displays messages and enables and disables echo.
EDIT – View and edit files.
EDLIN – View and edit files.
EMM386 – Load extended Memory Manager.
ENABLE – Recovery console command to enable a disable service or driver.
ENDLOCAL – Stops the localization of the environment changes enabled by the setlocal command.
ERASE – Erase files from computer.
EXIT – Exit from the command interpreter.
EXPAND – Expand a Microsoft Windows file back to it’s original format.
EXTRACT – Extract files from the Microsoft Windows cabinets.
FASTHELP – Displays a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them.
FC – Compare files.
FDISK – Utility used to create partitions on the hard disk drive.
FIND – Search for text within a file.
FINDSTR – Searches for a string of text within a file.
FIXBOOT – Writes a new boot sector.
FIXMBR – Writes a new boot record to a disk drive.
FORMAT – Command to erase and prepare a disk drive.
FTP – Command to connect and operate on a FTP server.
FTYPE – Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.
GOTO – Moves a batch file to a specific label or location.
GRAFTABL – Show extended characters in graphics mode.
HELP – Display a listing of commands and brief explanation.
IF – Allows for batch files to perform conditional processing.
IFSHLP.SYS – 32-bit file manager.
IPCONFIG – Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.
KEYB – Change layout of keyboard.
LABEL – Change the label of a disk drive.
LH – Load a device driver in to high memory.
LISTSVC – Recovery console command that displays the services and drivers.
LOADFIX – Load a program above the first 64k.
LOADHIGH – Load a device driver in to high memory.
LOCK - Lock the hard disk drive.
LOGON – Recovery console command to list installations and enable administrator login.
MAP - Displays the device name of a drive.
MD – Command to create a new directory.
MEM – Display memory on system.
MKDIR - Command to create a new directory.
MODE – Modify the port or display settings.
MORE – Display one page at a time.
MOVE – Move one or more files from one directory to another directory.
MSAV – Early Microsoft Virus scanner.
MSD – Diagnostics utility.
MSCDEX – Utility used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.
NBTSTAT – Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using
NET – Update, fix, or view the network or network settings
NETSH – Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.
NETSTAT – Display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.
NLSFUNC – Load country specific information.
NSLOOKUP – Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.
PATH – View and modify the computers path location.
PATHPING – View and locate locations of network latency.
PAUSE – Command used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.
PING – Test / send information to another network computer or network device.
POPD – Changes to the directory or network path stored by the pushd command.
POWER – Conserve power with computer portables.
PRINT – Prints data to a printer port.
PROMPT – View and change the MS-DOS prompt.
PUSHD – Stores a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time.
QBASIC – Open the QBasic.
RD – Removes an empty directory.
REN – Renames a file or directory.
RENAME – Renames a file or directory.
RMDIR – Removes an empty directory.
ROUTE – View and configure windows network route tables.
RUNAS – Enables a user to execute a program on another computer.
SCANDISK – Run the scandisk utility.
SCANREG – Scan registry and recover registry from errors.
SET - Change one variable or string to another.
SETLOCAL – Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything else.
SETVER – Change MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs.
SHARE – Installs support for file sharing and locking capabilities.
SHIFT – Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program.
SHUTDOWN – Shutdown the computer from the MS-DOS prompt.
SMARTDRV – Create a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory.
SORT – Sorts the input and displays the output to the screen.
START – Start a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt.
SUBST – Substitute a folder on your computer for another drive letter.
SWITCHES – Remove add functions from MS-DOS.
SYS – Transfer system files to disk drive.
TELNET – Telnet to another computer / device from the prompt.
TIME – View or modify the system time.
TITLE - Change the title of their MS-DOS window.
TRACERT – Visually view a network packets route across a network.
TREE - View a visual tree of the hard disk drive.
TYPE – Display the contents of a file.
UNDELETE – Undelete a file that has been deleted.
UNFORMAT – Unformat a hard disk drive.
UNLOCK – Unlock a disk drive.
VER - Display the version information.
VERIFY – Enables or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly.
VOL - Displays the volume information about the designated drive.
XCOPY – Copy multiple files, directories, and/or drives from one location to another.
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