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MS DOS Top 10 commands

By Anonymous
Today I am listing top 10 MS-DOS commands that are used most frequently when you get engaged with the command line( Dos Prompt ). Here is the list and their functionalities described in short. 1)  CD : It is used to change directory @ command prompt type "CD <DIRECTORYNAME>" and press enter, it will takes you to that directory.You can use one or more subdirectory names separated by back slash"\". e.g To change to another path, Type the full path with slashes like CD\WINDOWS\SYSTEM 2)  DIR:  It displays files and folders in the current directory(directory is the term used by DOS for what windows calls a folder). Folders are indicated in the list by <DIR> and files are usually listed by names. DIR /P : displays the contents a page at a time,i.e as many as will fit in your command line window. Press any key to display the next page. DIR /W : Displays the files/folders in multiple rows.This view gives less information per file. DIR*.JPG:...
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What is DOS?

By Unknown
What is DOS? You might have heard this word a lot of times, right? DOS is Disc Operation System. It is Microsoft's first operating system. The command line screen (black screen) that you see no of times from your Windows, that command line is basically an interface to work under DOS environment. DOS was the most basic operating system. With no fancy interfaces, only a black screen and sometime blue screen you could see. All the instructions or commands are given to DOS through command prompt.  In above image you can clearly see the C prompt i.e. "C:\>". All the commands are given from such Command prompts be it C prompt C:\> or D prompt D:\> or may be E prompt E:\>. Please refer following images for few DOS commands.
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Use ipconfig to get IP information

By Unknown
ipconfig is a DOS command to retrieve a pile of information about your network connection and IP information. You can get below information from this command :  ·          Host Name ·          Primary DNS Suffix ·          Node Type ·          IP Routing Enabled ·          WINS Proxy Enabled ·          DNS Suffix Search List ·          Connection-specific DNS Suffix ·          Network Adapter Description ·          Physical (MAC) Address ·          DHCP Enabled ·          IP Address ·    ...
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