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What command switches are?

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Teresashipp

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command switches are specific to each program and are input into a DOS terminal or comand prompt. heres an example from windows XP that's comon:

chkdsk

chkdsk /f < the info after / is the switch. in this case, fix

chkdsk /? < the ? switch tells the program you need help, which will usually list

all other switches a program can use, and some info about what they do darn thing broke my formatting, the info after < is a description and not part of the caommand

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