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    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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  • portion of the command interpreter in memory was overwritten, DOS will reload it from disk. Some commands are internal—built into COMMAND.COM; others are...
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  • Cmd.exe (redirect from Windows command line)
    Command Prompt, also known as cmd.exe or cmd, is the default command-line interpreter for the OS/2, eComStation, ArcaOS, Microsoft Windows (Windows NT...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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, 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    In computing, ren (or rename) is a command in various command-line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, 4DOS, 4NT and Windows PowerShell...
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    computing, start is a command of the IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows and ReactOS command-line interpreter cmd.exe (and some versions of COMMAND.COM) to start programs...
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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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    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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  • 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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    In computing, move is a command in various command-line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, 4DOS/4NT, and PowerShell. It is used to move...
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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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  • 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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  • "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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • COMSPEC (redirect from ComSpec)
    COMSPEC or ComSpec is one of the environment variables used in DOS, OS/2 and Windows, which normally points to the command line interpreter, which is...
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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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    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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    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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    Command (SAC) was a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and...
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    the boot process will stop with the command processor (typically COMMAND.COM) loaded, instead of executing WIN.COM automatically. DOS uses a filesystem...
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