Ecpi - Cis 106 - Introduction To Operating Systems - Week 3 Study Guide Set 2

Front 1

ATTRIB

Back 1

Display or modify the attributes of a file
Read-only, hidden, system, archive

Hint 1

Common Switches
+ = on, - = off (+h +r +s +a)
no switch=display only

Notes/Examples
ATTRIB +H TEST.DOC

Front 2

CD or CHDIR

Back 2

Display the current directory; change to another directory; to change drives, type in A:, C:, etc.

Hint 2

Common Switches
\ = go to root dir ; .. = go back one dir; CD ..\..\ = up 2 dirs

Notes/Examples
CD Users

Front 3

CHKDSK

Back 3

Checks a disk for errors and fixes them (if possible): Note this command replaced SCANDISK

Hint 3

Common Switches
/F = fixes errors
/R = fixes sectors

Notes/Examples
CHKDSK /F C:

Front 4

CLS

Back 4

Clears the Screen

Hint 4

Common Switches

NoneNotes/Examples
CLS

Front 5

COLOR

Back 5

Changes the color of the command line screen; exit the screen or type color to restore default

Hint 5

Common Switches
0 – 9, A – F; specify two hex attributes (color not in 9x)

Notes/Examples
Color CF - red screen, white letters
Color FO
White
COLOR CF
(red screen, white letters)

Front 6

CONVERT

Back 6

Converts a FAT volume to NTFS without losing data

Hint 6

Common Switches
/FS:NTFS

Notes/Examples
CONVERT E: /FS:NTFS

Front 7

COPY

Back 7

Copy files from one location to another; first name is “source”, second name is “destination”; use XCOPY for directories and their contents!

Hint 7

Common Switches
no common switches

Notes/Examples
COPY TEST.doc REVIEW.txt

Good for files or empty folders

Front 8

DATE

Back 8

Displays the date; use /T so that it does not prompt you for a new date!

Hint 8

Common Switches
/T

Notes/Examples
DATE /T

Front 9

DEL or ERASE

Back 9

Deletes one or more files; does not delete directories; be careful when using wildcard! NOTE: It is not spelled “DELETE” in the command line.

Hint 9

Common Switches
/p = asks for confirmation

Notes/Examples
DEL GARBAGE.DOC

Front 10

DIR

Back 10

Displays a list of all files and subdirectories in a directory ; use /S to search many directories

Hint 10

Common Switches
/p = pause; /x = alias names;
/a = all files (including hidden);
/s = list all files in all subdirectories (search switch)
/o = puts things in order

Notes/Examples
dir /s /a /p

Front 11

DISKCOPY

Back 11

OLD - Duplicate one floppy disk onto another floppy

Hint 11

Common Switches
no common switches

Notes/Examples
Diskcopy A: A:

Front 12

ECHO

Back 12

Displays responses on screen, turns echo on or off

Hint 12

Common Switches
ECHO ON or ECHO OFF

Notes/Examples
ECHO I am confused!

Front 13

EXIT

Back 13

Returns to Windows from the DOS prompt

Hint 13

Common Switches
None

Notes/Examples
EXIT

Front 14

FC

Back 14

Compares two files or sets of files and displays the differences between them

Hint 14

Common Switches
None

Notes/Examples
EXIT

Front 15

FORMAT

Back 15

Prepares a disk by “wiping it clean”:

Hint 15

Common Switches
/Q = quick format

Notes/Examples
FORMAT /Q R:

Front 16

HELP

Back 16

To get information on SOME DOS commands; better way is to use /? after the command

Hint 16

Common Switches
None

Notes/Examples
Help, ex. Help COLOR

Front 17

LABEL

Back 17

Add, modify, delete the volume label on a disk

Hint 17

Common Switches
None

Notes/Examples
LABEL A: MyDisk

Front 18

MD, or MKDIR

Back 18

Creates a new directory on your disk

Hint 18

Common Switches
None

Notes/Examples
MD CRAZYDIR

Front 19

MOVE

Back 19

Move a file or directory to a new location

Hint 19

Common Switches
None

Notes/Examples
MOVE STUFF NAVIGATE

Front 20

PAUSE

Back 20

Pauses (especially in a batch program)

Hint 20

Common Switches
Pause

Notes/Examples
PAUSE

Front 21

>

Back 21

Redirect makes a file for the output of a command

Hint 21

Common Switches
Needs a file name (file.txt)

Notes/Examples
DIR > newfile.txt

Front 22

REN, RENAME

Back 22

Renames a file

Hint 22

Common Switches
Works for directories and files

Notes/Examples
REN dirlist.txt treelist.txt

Front 23

SET

Back 23

See information on the system, or change settings

Hint 23

Common Switches
None

Notes/Examples
None

Front 24

SFC

Back 24

System File Checker scans all the windows OS system files

Hint 24

Common Switches
None

Notes/Examples
SFC (must be an administrator)

Front 25

TIME

Back 25

Displays or sets the current time

Hint 25

Common Switches
/T = display, don’t reset time

Notes/Examples
TIME /T

Front 26

TREE

Back 26

Displays directory/file names in a branched diagram

Hint 26

Common Switches
/F for file names, /A in ASCII

Notes/Examples
TREE /F /A > dirlist.txt

Front 27

TYPE or MORE

Back 27

Displays the contents of a text file on-screen

Hint 27

Common Switches
more (one page at a time)

Notes/Examples
TYPE C:Boot.ini |MORE

Front 28

VER

Back 28

Displays the version of DOS you are working with

Hint 28

Common Switches
None

Notes/Examples
None

Front 29

VOL

Back 29

Displays the volume label and serial number of disk

Hint 29

Common Switches
None

Notes/Examples
VOL C:

Front 30

XCOPY

Back 30

Better than Copy, especially for multiple directories (such as copying a CD) and for hidden files

Hint 30

Common Switches
/e = copy dir. even if empty;
/s = copy dir. except empty ones

Notes/Examples
XCOPY /E /S /H doslab E:\

Front 31

* Wildcard

Back 31

Wildcard for any number of characters; ? = Wildcard for one character only (can use more than one ? in a command)

Hint 31

Common Switches
None

Notes/Examples
*

Front 32

Ctrl C

Back 32

Stops the current command (good to use if the computer “hangs”)

Hint 32

None

Front 33

F3

Back 33

The primary use for F3 is to terminate other commands.

Hint 33

None

Front 34

F7

Back 34

to see a window of commands you have typed while in command line

Hint 34

Notes
Use esc to exit F7 mode

Examples
default buffer size in XP is 50.

Front 35

| MORE

Back 35

to see the text one screen at a time (| is the “pipe”{shift of backspace}); use with DIR, MEM, TYPE, and HELP, etc.

Hint 35

Common Switches
none
Notes/Examples
|

Front 36

The Recovery Console

Back 36

(Windows 2000 and XP) is not true DOS, but it is a type of command line interface; available from the CD.

Hint 36

none

Front 37

The characters \ / : * ? “ < > | (pipe) __________ used in a Windows file name (GUI and CLI).

Back 37

The characters \ / : * ? “ < > | (pipe) cannot be used in a Windows file name (GUI and CLI).

Hint 37

None

Front 38

Characteristics of a alias

Back 38

The alias of a file shows the long file names in UPPERCASE and truncated: the first six characters, then “~” (tilde), then a number.

Hint 38

For example:
"This Is My Document.doc" is displayed as "THISIS~1.DOC".

Front 39

cd ..

Back 39

moves up one folder

Hint 39

none

Front 40

RD, or RMDIR

Back 40

Removes (that is, deletes) a directory.

Hint 40

/s : Removes the specified directory and all subdirectories including any files. Use /s to remove a tree.

/q : Runs rmdir in quiet mode. Deletes directories without confirmation.

/? : Displays help at the command prompt.