Internal Commands
There are various internal disk operating system commands. Some of the internal
commands are as follows:
Commands Description
assoc It is used to view the file association.
atmadm It lists the connections and addresses seen by the Windows ATM call manager.
break It is used to enable or disable the computer's breaking capability.
call It is used to call the batch file from another file.
cd This command is used to modify the system directory.
chdir It is used to modify the system directory.
cls This command is used to clear the system screen.
cmd It is used to open the command interpreter.
color It is used to modify the foreground and background color of the window screen.
command It is used to open the command interpreter.
copy It is used to copy one or more files to a different position.
ctty It is used to change the computer's input and output devices.
date It is used to see or change the system date.
del It is used to delete one or multiple files.
delete It is used to delete the file.
dir It is used to list the contents of one or multiple dictionaries.
drivparm It allows overwriting of original device drivers.
echo It is used to show messages and enables and disables echo.
endlocal It is used to halt the localization of environment changes enabled by the setlocal
command.
erase It is used to erase the files from the system.
exit This command is used to exit from the DOS command interpreter.
for It is used to Boolean used in the batch files.
goto It is used to move a batch file to a particular label or location.
if It allows batch files to carry out conditional processing.
lh It is used to load a device driver into a large amount of memory.
loadhigh It is used to load a device driver into a large amount of memory.
lock It is used to lock the system's hard drive.
md This command is used to make a new directory in the system.
mkdir This command is used to make a new directory in the system.
mklink This command is used to create a symbolic link.
move It is used to move one or multiple files from one directory to another.
path It is used to view and modify the path location of the system.
pause It is used in batch files to stop the command's processing.
popd The popd command modifies the directory or network path that the pushd
command has saved.
prompt This command is used to view or change the DOS prompt.
pushd It is used to store a directory or network path so that it may be restored at any
time.
rd It is used to remove an empty directory from the system.
ren This command is used to rename a file in the system.
rename This command is used to rename a file in the system.
rmdir It is used to remove an empty directory from the system.
set It is used to modify one variable or string to another.
setlocal It enables modifications to be done to local contexts without affecting the rest
of the system.
shift It is used in batch programs to modify the location of replaceable parameters.
start It is used to start a specific window in Windows from the DOS prompt.
switches It is used to remove the add functions from the disk operating system.
time This command is used to view and change the system time.
title It is used to change the title of the disk operating system window.
type It is used to show the contents of files.
unlock It is used to unlock a system disk drive.
ver This command is used to show the version of MS-DOS.
verify It enables or disables the feature that determines whether files were properly
written.
vol It is used to show the volume information about the specified drive.
