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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A command-line interface (CLI) is a means of interacting with a computer program by inputting lines of text called command-lines. Command-line interfaces...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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shell scripts and batch files. The command has been implemented in operating systems such as Unix, DOS, IBM OS/2, MetaComCo TRIPOS, AmigaOS (where if a bare...
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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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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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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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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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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, 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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MS-DOS (section Windows command-line interface)
replace the default command interpreter COMMAND.COM Bad command or file name DOSBox History of Microsoft Windows List of DOS commands Tao ExDOS – commercial...
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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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A command shell is a command-line interface to interact with and manipulate a computer's operating system. Background execution allows a shell to run a...
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DOSKEY (redirect from DOSKEY.COM)
functionality, and improved editing features to the command-line interpreters COMMAND.COM and cmd.exe. The command was included as a terminate-and-stay-resident...
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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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or zsh) and Csh-like shells as well as COMMAND.COM and cmd.exe implement echo as a builtin command. The command is also available in the EFI shell. echo...
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of filenames with wildcard characters. For example, the Unix Bash shell command mv *.txt textfiles/ moves all files with names ending in .txt from the...
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MetaComCo TRIPOS, DOS, IBM/Toshiba 4690 OS, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows, Singularity, Datalight ROM-DOS, ReactOS, GNU, AROS and in the DCL command-line...
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system time. It is included in command-line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, 4DOS, 4OS2 and 4NT. The command is also available in the Motorola...
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