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IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER ON-LINE HELP
List of Commands Available on this System
Name Type Description
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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:
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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