The most simple DOS command has to be RUN. A way to view files in a particular directory is DIR. To change to a new directory is CD /C. This means if your hard drive is letter C then it will become available as the new directory with CD(change directory). FORMAT C is an example of how to wipe out your hard drive completely to when it was brand new.
Internal ms-dos commands with syntax
For most DOS commands you can write COMMAND /? and you will be presented with a list of possible choises. eks. FIND /? Regards.
MS-DOS has a Command Line Interface (CLI) which is operated by typing text commands into the prompt. The usage, once you know the commands, is exactly the same as in Windows or any graphical operating system. The downside is that you need to memorize the commands (words and their syntax) in order to accomplish anything, whereas the graphical environment is more intuitive.
It lacks a graphical user interface resulting in the user to know the right command in the correct syntax to be executed thus making it hard to remember all the commands and syntax. That is the major problem.
the deleted file if ms dos can be recovered if you use the command mention below immediately,the command is : need External Dos commands and internal dos commands with their meaning
A listing of DOS commands are available if you type help at the command prompt. DOS commands do vary from version to version.
All DOS commands have already been developed.. You need not to develop any more..
"fdisk" command is used for partitioning in DOS.
A complete list of MS-DOS commands can be found here: http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm#02
Go to your DOS window and type help, then hit enter. It will list the commands for you with a description of what they do.
There is none. For starters, you have it backwards, DOS actually copied most of its commands from Unix (The rest came from CP/M.), which Linux is inspired by. Commands like "cd" and "dir" were Unix commands long before DOS even existed.
External Commands