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Miscellaneous Commands (Continued)
FASTHELP command Briefly describes the
specified command.
Provides less detail than
the information provided
by HELP command (see
below).
C:\FASTHELP DIR Displays brief information
about the DIR command.
HELP Starts the MS-DOS
command reference,
which provides detailed
information about
MS-DOS commands.
C:\HELP —
HELP command Displays detailed
information about the
specified command only.
C:\HELP DIR Displays detailed information
about the DIR command.
MORE Displays one screen of
information at a time.
Can also be used with
the TYPE command
when viewing a long
text file. When MORE
follows a command, the
| redirection operator
symbol is used. The
symbol is located above
the backslash (\) on the
keyboard.
C:\DIR C:\DOS | MORE Displays the contents of the
DOS directory one screen at a
time.
VER Displays the current
version of DOS.
C:\VER —
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DOS commands can be entered in lowercase or uppercase.
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A switch modifies the way DOS carries out a command. Generally, a switch consists of a forward slash (/) followed by one or more letters or
numbers.
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An asterisk (*) used in the examples denotes a wildcard. The asterisk matches any character in that position and all the positions that
follow. The asterisk can be used to manage (for example, copy or delete) a group of configuration files without the need to manage each
configuration file individually.
NOTE: The root directory does not have a name. It is simply referred to as a backslash (\). Entering the CD\ command from any directory
always returns you to the root directory, which is denoted by the command prompt C:\>.
Table I. DOS Command Reference (Continued)
Command
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Switch
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Description Example(s)
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