			DOS Command Summary

These are all the commands, in alphabetical order. Not every version of DOS
will have every one of these commands. Those marked with "*" will usually
not be present in versions of DOS prior to 3.3. Those marked with "**" will
usually not be present in versions of DOS prior to 4.0. 

    DOS	COMMAND	WHAT IT DOES

	APPEND*	lets you tell DOS and your programs where to look for an
		input file when it can't be found.
	ASSIGN	lets you use treat a disk drive as though 
		it were another disk drive with a different
		letter.
	ATTRIB	make a file read-only.
	BACKUP	makes a copy of precious files on your hard
		disk on diskettes or another hard disk.
	BREAK	lets you decide how often you can interrupt programs on your
		computer.
	C:	tells DOS the default place to look for files 
		is disk drive C:
	CALL*	execute a BATCH file as a subroutine.
	CD	change which directory is the current directory.
	CHCP*	changes the code page.
	CHDIR	same as CD.
	CHKDSK	reads some of the directory information on a
		disk to see if it looks OK. Can also recover
		limited amounts of lost data. Can provide an
		early warning of pending disk problems.
	CLS	erase everything on the screen and display a
		prompt.
	COMMAND	execute the COMMAND.COM program, possibly
		to execute a BATCH file as a subroutine.
	COMP	compare the contents of two (or more) files.
	COPY	copy one file to another file or to the printer.
	CTTY	does part of the job of letting you access your
		computer remotely (from another computer). It 
		doesn't do the whole job.
	DATE	lets you reset the date of your computer's clock.
	DEBUG	create, edit, and display any file.
	DEL	delete any file other than a directory.
	DIR	display the filenames in a directory.
	DISKCOMP lets you compare one whole disk to another.
	DISKCOPY lets you copy one whole disk to another.
	DOSSHELL** provides a menu of DOS commands on the screen.
	ECHO	displays something on the screen or the printer.
	EDLIN	create, edit, and display a text file.
	ERASE	same as DEL.
	ESC	send some control characters to the screen or
		to the printer.
	EXE2BIN	lets programmers change .EXE files to .BIN files.
	EXIT	terminates processing.
	FASTOPEN* lets DOS find some files faster.
	FC	compare the contents of two files.
	FDISK	partition the hard disk so that DOS can be booted
		from it.
	FIND	search files looking for a specific value.
	FOR	repeats a command for a set of values.
	FORMAT	writes some fixed format data in a partition or 
		on a diskette so that DOS can set up directories
		and have files on the disk.
	GOTO	transfers control to a BATCH label.
	GRAFTABL lets you see languages outside the USA on your screen 
	GRAPHICS lets you print graphics images on the printer.
	IF	conditionally executes a command.
	JOIN	lets you treat a disk drive as though it were a part of 
		another disk drive.
	KEYB	lets you type languages outside the USA on your keyboard.
	LABEL	lets you put a label on a disk.
	MEM**	displays information about programs currently in memory.
	MD	create a new directory that didn't exist before.
	MKDIR	same as CD.
	MODE	lets you control some characteristics of the monitor,
		communications and printer ports, and code pages.
		PROMPT does some of the same, plus controls colors.
	MORE	display the contents of a file on the screen
		one screen at a time.
	MOVE	move file(s) to another disk or directory.
	NLSFUNC* provides a national language support function.
	PART 	partition the hard disk so that DOS can be booted
		from it.
	PATH	lets you tell DOS where it should look when it can't find
		a command you give it.
	PAUSE	halts the computer until you respond.
	PREP	this is not usually a DOS command, but a program 
		that comes with your computer. It does a low-level
		format of a hard disk. See the NEW_TERMS FORMAT topic.
	PRINT	print a file on the printer while the computer
		is busy doing other things.
	PROMPT	lets you design your own prompt to be printed by DOS
		whenever it awaits your next command. Also does MODEish
		things and controls colors displayed by monitor.
	RD	delete a directory.
	RECOVER	reads a file, and tries to save the parts of 
		it that are still good.
	REM	records notes and comments in a BATCH file.
	REN	change the name of a file without changing
		its contents.
	RENAME	same as REN.
	REPLACE* makes a copy of precious files on another disk,
		but any program can read them, not just BACKUP.
	RESTORE	reads those precious copies of your files from
		the disks BACKUP wrote.
	RMDIR	same as RD.
	SELECT	adds information to a disk going to a country
		outside the USA.
	SET	assigns a value to an environment variable.
	SHARE	lets you tell DOS that you are part of a network.
	SHIFT	reduces the number of BATCH values in use.
	SORT	rearrange text in a file into some order.
	SPOOL	controls files queued for printing.
	SUBST	lets you call a long directory name by a short disk drive
		letter.
	SYS	writes two hidden files (you can't see them) on 
		a disk so that DOS can be booted from the disk.
	TIME	lets you reset the time of your computer's clock.
	TREE	displays a nearly useless list of the directories
		and files on a disk.
	TYPE	display the contents of a file on the screen.
	VER	displays the version of DOS that you are are using.
	VERIFY	change the DOS VERIFY switch setting.
	VOL	displays the label on a disk.
	XCOPY*	copy groups of files.
