MS-DOS / PC-DOS & FreeDOS & DOSBox
list of commands
Internal commands are related to COMMAND.COM & don't need other files to work.
External commands require existing files to work.
| command | category | MS-DOS version |
FreeDOS | DOSBox | type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| help | command information | 6.0 | external | ||
| <command> /? | command information | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| <letter>: | browsing directories | 1.0 | internal | ||
| dir | browsing directories | 1.0 | internal | ||
| cd / chdir | browsing directories | 2.0 | internal | ||
| tree | browsing directories | 3.2 | external | ||
| copy | file manipulation | 1.0 | internal | ||
| diskcopy | file manipulation | 2.0 | external | ||
| xcopy | file manipulation | 3.2 | external | ||
| move | file manipulation | 6.0 | external | ||
| ren | file manipulation | 1.0 | internal | ||
| del / erase | file manipulation | 1.0 | internal | ||
| deltree | file manipulation | 6.0 | external | ||
| undelete | file manipulation | 5.0 | external | ||
| md / mkdir | file manipulation | 2.0 | internal | ||
| rm / rmdir | file manipulation | 2.0 | internal | ||
| type | reading files | 1.0 | internal | ||
| more | reading files | 2.0 | external | ||
| cls | console | 2.0 | internal | ||
| prompt | console | 2.0 | internal | ||
| mode | console | 3.2 | external | ||
| history | console | internal | |||
| alias | console | internal | |||
| exit | power & session | 2.0 | [1] | internal | |
| shutdown | power & session | alias | |||
| poweroff | power & session | alias | |||
| reset | power & session | alias | |||
| reboot | power & session | alias | |||
| ver | system | 2.0 | internal | ||
| date | system | 1.0 | [2] | internal | |
| time | system | 1.0 | [2] | internal | |
| set | system | 2.0 | internal | ||
| path | system | 2.0 | internal | ||
| attrib | file system | 3.0 | [3] | external | |
| vol | file system | 2.0 | external | ||
| format | file system | 1.0 | external | ||
| fdisk | file system | 3.2 | external | ||
| chkdsk | file system | 1.0 | external | ||
| scandisk | file system | 6.2 | external | ||
| mount | file system | - | |||
| imgmount | file system | - | |||
| mem | memory | 4.0 | external | ||
| lh / loadhigh | memory | 5.0 | internal | ||
| edlin | text editors | 1.0 | external | ||
| edit | text editors | 5.0 | external | ||
| pause | batch files | 1.0 | internal | ||
| echo | batch files | 2.0 | internal | ||
| rem | batch files | ? | internal | ||
| call | batch files | 3.3 | internal | ||
| choice | batch files | 6.0 | external | ||
| goto | batch files | 2.0 | internal | ||
| :<label> | batch files | 2.0 | internal | ||
| if | batch files | 2.0 | internal | ||
| for | batch files | 1.0 | internal |