COMMAND.COM is the default command-line interpreter for MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me. In the case of DOS, it is the default user interface...
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does include commands covering the various releases. Each command is implemented either as built-in to the command interpreter, COMMAND.COM, or as an external...
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Cmd.exe (redirect from Windows command line)
cmd.exe, a.k.a. Command Prompt, is a shell program on later versions of Windows (NT and CE families), OS/2,, eComStation, ArcaOS, and ReactOS. In some...
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for COM files by the loader or execution environment. All memory is simply available to the COM file. After execution, the operating system command shell...
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In computing, del (or erase) is a command in command-line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, 4DOS, NDOS, 4OS2, 4NT and Windows PowerShell...
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A command-line interface (CLI) is a means of interacting with software via commands – each formatted as a line of text. Command-line interfaces emerged...
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Environment variable (redirect from Dynamic environment variable (COMMAND.COM))
variable name as the sole argument to the command. In DOS, OS/2 and Windows command-line interpreters such as COMMAND.COM and CMD.EXE, an environment variable...
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Batch file (redirect from Microsoft command line script)
batch file is run, the shell program (usually COMMAND.COM or cmd.exe) reads the file and executes its commands, normally line-by-line. Unix-like operating...
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can move files. The command is in various shells such as COMMAND.COM, Command Prompt, 4DOS, 4NT and PowerShell. In MS-DOS, the command is available in versions...
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In computing, CLS (for clear screen) is a command used by the command-line interpreters COMMAND.COM and cmd.exe on DOS, Digital Research FlexOS, IBM OS/2...
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commands. Command line interpreters are programs that allow a user to interact with the underlying operating system by typing commands at a command prompt...
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PC-compatible computers COM file, or .com file, short for "command", a file extension for an executable file in MS-DOS .com, an Internet top-level domain...
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language command (Unix), a Unix command COMMAND.COM, the default operating system shell and command-line interpreter for DOS Command key, a modifier key on Apple...
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safety. The command is built-in for most Unix shells (Bourne, tcsh, Bash, etc.), Windows Command Prompt and PowerShell, and MS-DOS COMMAND.COM. In a shell...
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Background execution allows a shell to run a command without user interaction in the terminal, freeing the command line for additional work with the shell...
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computing, ver (short for version) is a command in various command-line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe and 4DOS/4NT. It prints the name...
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MS-DOS (section Windows command-line interface)
serving mostly in the background for loading Windows 9x. The command interpreter, COMMAND.COM, runs when no application program is running. When an application...
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computing, sys is a command used in many operating system command-line shells and also in Microsoft BASIC. SYS is an external command of Seattle Computer...
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Working directory (redirect from Wd (command))
to store the working directory. COMMAND.COM in DR-DOS 7.02 and higher provides ECHOS, a variant of the ECHO command omitting the terminating linefeed...
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"DIR" command, so some other method was needed if one actually wanted to run a program called W inside a directory called DIR). Except for COMMAND.COM, all...
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DOSKEY (redirect from DOSKEY.COM)
is a command in DOS, OS/2, Windows, and ReactOS that adds command history, macro functionality, and improved editing features to the COMMAND.COM and cmd...
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"Bad command or file name" is a common and ambiguous error message in MS-DOS. COMMAND.COM produces this error message when the first word of a command could...
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load and execute the command shell specified in the SHELL line of CONFIG.SYS, or COMMAND.COM if there is no such line. The command shell in turn is responsible...
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processes configuration files (like CONFIG.SYS) and launches the shell (like COMMAND.COM). The file is part of IBM's PC DOS (all versions) as well as of DR DOS...
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tcsh Z shell zsh COMMAND.COM, default shell in Windows 9x, available in 32-bit NT-based Windows via NTVDM cmd.exe, successor of COMMAND.COM in OS/2 and Windows...
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In computing, help is a command in various command line shells such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, Bash, qshell, 4DOS/4NT, Windows PowerShell, Singularity shell...
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Pwd (category Multics commands)
equivalent command in COMMAND.COM and Command Prompt is the cd command with no arguments. On Windows CE 5.0, cmd.exe includes a pwd command. The OpenVMS...
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In computing, type is a command in various command-line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, 4DOS/4NT and Windows PowerShell used to display...
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SpartaDOS X (section COMMAND.COM)
kernel, the system library, several types of drivers, the shell (called COMMAND.COM) and a number of utility programs. SpartaDOS X is written in 6502 machine...
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