Dos commands Abbreviations and Acronyms

  1. ERASE
    Delete File [name of file(s) to be deleted]
  2. EXE2BIN
    Convert file from .EXE to .BIN (or .COM)
  3. EXIST
    a Batch command that tests for the existence of a specified file
  4. EXIT
    stop execution and close a Batch file
  5. FDISK
    Partition a Fixed Disk
  6. FIND
    Find a specific 'string' within a file
  7. FOR
    a Batch command that opens a loop
  8. FORMAT
    place tracks and sectors on a disk, making it addressable
  9. GOTO
    an unconditional branch in a Batch file
  10. IF
    Conditional Batch file command
  11. IN
    a Batch command intended to precede a [set] argument
  12. JOIN
    Join Drive to subdirectory of another Drive
  13. KEYB
    load Foreign Keyboard Code Page
  14. LABEL
    modify, add or delete Volume Label
  15. LE
    Line Editor
  16. MD
    Make a new Subdiretory
  17. MEM
    MEMory - to display memory allocation and available
  18. MKDIR
    Make a new Subdiretory
  19. MODE
    set device Mode
  20. MORE
    display one screenful of data at a time

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