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- IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER ON-LINE HELP
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- List of Commands Available on this System
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- ALTER Public Changes the size of the DOS environment
- ANSI DOS2.0 Defines an enhanced screen and keyboard device driver
- ARCHIVE Public Allows files to be backed up in a variety of ways
- ASK Public Batch sub-command to branch on the response to a question
- ASSIGN DOS2.0 Routes all requests for a disk drive to another drive
- AUTOEXEC DOS2.0 Automatically executes batch commands on system start-up
- BACKSCRL FrWare Creates a circular screen buffer to scroll the display
- BACKUP DOS2.0 Backs up one or more files from a hard disk to diskettes
- BAT FrWare Displays a help screen for the Extended Batch Language
- BEEP Norton Sounds a tone on the system speaker
- BREAK DOS2.0 Controls the state of the DOS Ctrl-Break checking feature
- CAL Public Displays a monthly calendar
- CALC Public Creates a full function reverse polish desktop calculator
- CHARS Public Displays the full IBM character set on a menu
- CHDIR DOS2.0 Changes the DOS current directory
- CHKDIR Public Reports on the allocation status of directories and memory
- CHKDSK DOS2.0 Reports on the allocation status of disk drives and memory
- CHMODE Public Changes the attributes of files
- CLCK Public Displays hh:mm:ss clock and lock key status in upper right
- CLEAN Public Exercises a two-sided diskette drive head for cleaning
- CLS DOS2.0 Clears and resets the display screen
- COMMAND DOS2.0 Invokes a secondary command processor
- COMP DOS2.0 Compares the contents of two sets of files
- COMPARE FrWare Compares two text files and lists the differences
- CONFIG DOS2.0 Defines the system configuration at system start-up
- COPY DOS2.0 Copies files between devices or concatonates/renames files
- COPYDISK Public Copies multiple source diskettes to target diskettes
- CORELOOK Public Displays selected segments of RAM in ASCII and hex
- CTTY DOS2.0 Changes the standard input and output consoles
- DATE DOS2.0 Displays and accepts changes to the internal system date
- DEL DOS2.0 Removes selected files from a disk (aliased to DELETE)
- DELETE Public Removes selected files from a disk after user prompting
- DIR DOS2.0 Displays selected disk directory entries
- DIRTREE FrWare Displays a graphic representation of a directory structure
- DISKCOMP DOS2.0 Compares the contents of two diskettes
- DISKCOPY DOS2.0 Copies one diskette to another
- DOSEDIT Public Creates a command line buffer and line editor
- DPATH Public Extends the directory search path for non-executable files
- DS Norton Sorts the entries in a disk directory
- DT Norton Tests a disk for bad sectors and repairs some damage
- EDLIN DOS2.0 Provides a crude line editing capability from DOS
- EMPTY Public Erases the contents of a file without deleting the file
- ERASE DOS2.0 Removes selected files from a disk
- ERRLEV Public Batch sub-command that controls the ERRORLEVEL variable
- EXE2BIN DOS2.0 Converts .EXE files to .COM compatible format
- FA Norton Displays and changes the read-only and archive attributes
- FDATE Public Allows the datetime stamp of files to be changed
- FDISK DOS2.0 Displays,creates and changes hard disk partitions
- FF Norton Displays the paths to specified files on a disk
- FILTER Public Removes control characters from text files
- FIND DOS2.0 Lists lines from selected files containing specified string
- FORMAT Public Initializes a diskette in drive A: only
- FORMATXT DOS2.0 Formats a selected disk or diskette (renamed from FORMAT)
- FS Norton Displays and summarizes the size of files
- GRAPHICS DOS2.0 Permits graphics screen prints on an IBM Graphics Printer
- HELP Public Displays a brief description of each available command
- KBDBUF Public Extends the keyboard buffer to 159 characters
- KEYSTAT Public Displays status of CapsLock & NumLock in upper right corner
- LABELVOL Public Displays and allows changes to volume labels on disks
- LD Norton Lists all the directories on a disk
- LIST Public Displays the contents of a file with positioning control
- LISTDOC Public Lists a documentation file in \utility\doclib
- LP Norton Prints text files with margin, numbering and mode control
- LU Public Manipulates .LBR type library files
- LUPC Public Manipulates .LBR type library files interactively
- MENU Public Provides a menu environment to execute applications
- MKDIR DOS2.0 Creates a sub-directory on the specified disk
- MODE DOS2.0 Controls the mode of printers and serial ports
- MORE DOS2.0 Displays data from the standard input device by the page
- MOVE Public Moves files from one sub-directory to another
- NSQ Public Squeezes program files to take up less space
- NU Norton Displays file data and allows erased files to be recovered
- NUSQ Public Expands squeezed files to their original form
- PAGE Public Displays a text file on the screen with pauses after pages
- PATH DOS2.0 Extends the search path for command and batch files
- PAUSE2 Public Batch sub-command that prompts the user for a response
- PC-FONT Public Extends the capabilities of graphics printers
- PCUTIL Public Performs a variety of screen and system functions
- PI-COMP Public Compares sets of files for differences
- PRINT DOS2.0 Prints a spooled queue of files on the printer
- PROMPT DOS2.0 Changes the system prompt
- PRT Public Prints a file with many formatting features
- QT Public Displays the current time in a conversational mode
- REBEEP Public Batch sub-command that continually beeps for a response
- REBOOT Public Defines the configuration files for default/enhanced system
- RECOVER DOS2.0 Recovers files from a diskette with a defective sector
- RENAME DOS2.0 Changes the name of a file
- RENDIR Public Changes the name of a sub-directory
- RESETCLK Public Resets the system clock and the Apparat Clock/Calendar
- RESTORE DOS2.0 Restores files backed up on diskettes to a hard disk
- RMDIR DOS2.0 Removes an empty sub-directory from a disk
- RSVD Public Resizes the virtual disk created by the VDISK device driver
- SA Norton Controls the attributes of the display device
- SCRN Public Blanks the display after variable interval of inactivity
- SD Public Displays a sorted directory in a variety of formats
- SDIR FrWare Displays a sorted directory with command options
- SET DOS2.0 Inserts replacement character strings into the environment
- SETCLK Commer Sets the date and time on the Apparat Clock/Calendar
- SETCLOCK Commer Resets the DOS system clock from the Apparat Clock/Calendar
- SETOKI Public Sets the modes available on an Okidata 92 Plug'n Play
- SI Norton Displays a variety of information about the system
- SORT DOS2.0 Writes sorted data from the input device to output device
- SORTF Public Writes sorted data from the input device to output device
- SP FrWare Creates a printer buffer of variable size
- SPEED Public Displays the motor speed of a diskette drive
- SPOOL Public Redirects output for the printer to be written to a file
- SQPC Public Squeezes files to take up less space
- SYS DOS2.0 Transfers the system files to a diskette
- SYSTAT Public Displays the internal characteristics of the system
- TEE Public Displays redirected output on the screen
- TEXTFORM Public Prints files containing WordStar formatting commands
- TIME DOS2.0 Changes the system time
- TIMER Public Times the execution of internal and external commands
- TM Norton Displays current date and time and calculates elapsed time
- TREE DOS2.0 Displays all directory paths found on the specified drive
- TREE1 Public Like TREE except most of the blank lines are removed
- TREEDIR Public Displays a list of directories and files
- TS Norton Searches for character strings in text files
- TUNE Public Plays a bar from one of five tunes on the system speaker
- TYPE DOS2.0 Displays the contents of a file on the screen
- USQ Public Unsqueezes files compressed by a squeeze program
- UTIL FrWare Performs a variety of directory functions in a screen mode
- VDISK Public Defines a virtual RAM disk device driver of 180K bytes
- VER DOS2.0 Displays the version of the current operating system
- VERIFY DOS2.0 Verifies that data is correctly written to a diskette
- VL Norton Displays and allows changes to the volume label of disks
- VOL DOS2.0 Displays the volume identification of the specified drive
- WIPEDISK Norton Overwrites the data on a disk
- WIPEFILE Norton Overwrites the data on selected files
- WD Public Batch sub-command that saves and returns to a directory
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- KEY to Type of commands available on this system:
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- Commer Commercial utilities, other than Norton
- DOS2.0 IBM DOS Version 2.0 commands
- FrWare User supported utilities
- Norton The Norton Utilities Version 3.0
- Public Public domain utilities
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