Q71986: MS-DOS 5.0 Internal and External Commands

Article: Q71986
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.0
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Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 03-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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The following is a list of MS-DOS version 5.0 internal and external commands.
The internal commands reside in COMMAND.COM, which loads into memory when the
computer system is started; these commands do not reside on disk. The external
commands are files that do reside on disk and have an extension of .COM, .EXE,
or .BAT. Both command types are executed from the MS-DOS prompt.

Internal Commands
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  BREAK
  CALL
  CHCP
  CHDIR(CD)
  CLS
  COPY
  CTTY
  DATE
  DEL(ERASE)
  DIR
  ECHO
  EXIT
  FOR
  GOTO
  IF
  MKDIR(MD)
  PATH
  PAUSE
  PROMPT
  REM
  RENAME(REN)
  RMDIR(RD)
  SET
  SHIFT
  TIME
  TYPE
  VER
  VERIFY
  VOL

External Commands
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  APPEND.EXE
  ASSIGN.COM
  ATTRIB.EXE
  BACKUP.EXE
  CHKDSK.EXE
  COMMAND.COM
  COMP.EXE
  DEBUG.EXE
  DISKCOMP.COM
  DISKCOPY.COM
  DOSKEY.COM
  DOSSHELL.COM
  EDIT.COM
  EDLIN.EXE
  EMM386.EXE
  EXE2BIN.EXE
  EXPAND.EXE
  FASTOPEN.EXE
  FC.EXE
  FDISK.EXE
  FORMAT.COM
  GRAFTABLE.COM
  GRAPHICS.COM
  HELP.EXE
  JOIN.EXE
  KEYB.COM
  LABEL.EXE
  MEM.EXE
  MIRROR.COM
  MODE.COM
  MORE.COM
  NLSFUNC.EXE
  PRINT.EXE
  QBASIC.EXE
  RECOVER.EXE
  REPLACE.EXE
  RESTORE.EXE
  SETVER.EXE
  SHARE.EXE
  SORT.EXE
  SUBST.EXE
  SYS.COM
  TREE.COM
  UNDELETE.EXE
  UNFORMAT.COM
  XCOPY.EXE

More information on this topic can be found in the version 5.0 "Microsoft MS-DOS
User's Guide and Reference," page 358.

Additional query words: 5.00 noupd

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS500
Version           : MS-DOS:5.0

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