Command Prompt Commands in Windows XP
Windows XP is one of the most stable operating systems in Windows series, it also has several command prompt command that can be very useful to run certain task that GUI cannot.
Some of them are internal command means doesn’t need a separate file to execute where others are external which need a separate file to be able to execute.
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| List of XP command prompt commands |
ASSOC
Displays or modifies file extension associations.
AT
Schedules commands and programs to run on a computer.
ATTRIB
Displays or changes file attributes.
BREAK
Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking.
CACLS
Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files.
CALL
Calls one batch program from another.
CD
Displays the name of or changes the current directory.
CHCP
Displays or sets the active code page number.
CHDIR
Displays the name of or changes the current directory.
CHKDSK
Checks a disk and displays a status report.
CHKNTFS
Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time.
CLS
Clears the screen.
CMD
Starts a new instance of the Windows command interpreter.
COLOR
Sets the default console foreground and background colors.
COMP
Compares the contents of two files or sets of files.
COMPACT
Displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS partitions.
CONVERT
Converts FAT volumes to NTFS. You cannot convert the current drive.
COPY
Copies one or more files to another location.
DATE
Displays or sets the date.
DEL
Deletes one or more files.
DIR
Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.
DISKCOMP
Compares the contents of two floppy disks.
DISKCOPY
Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another.
DOSKEY
Edits command lines, recalls Windows commands, and creates macros.
ECHO
Displays messages, or turns command echoing on or off.
ENDLOCAL
Ends localization of environment changes in a batch file.
ERASE
Deletes one or more files.
EXIT
Quits the CMD.EXE program (command interpreter).
FC
Compares two files or sets of files, and displays the differences between them.
FIND
Searches for a text string in a file or files.
FINDSTR
Searches for strings in files.
FOR
Runs a specified command for each file in a set of files.
FORMAT
Formats a disk for use with Windows.
FTYPE
Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.
GOTO
Directs the Windows command interpreter to a labeled line in a batch program.
GRAFTABL
Enables Windows to display an extended character set in graphics mode.
HELP
Provides Help information for Windows commands.
IF
Performs conditional processing in batch programs.
LABEL
Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk.
MD
Creates a directory.
MKDIR
Creates a directory.
MODE
Configures a system device.
MORE
Displays output one screen at a time.
MOVE
Moves one or more files from one directory to another directory.
PATH
Displays or sets a search path for executable files.
PAUSE
Suspends processing of a batch file and displays a message.
POPD
Restores the previous value of the current directory saved by PUSHD.
Prints a text file.
PROMPT
Changes the Windows command prompt.
PUSHD
Saves the current directory then changes it.
RD
Removes a directory.
RECOVER
Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk.
REM
Records comments (remarks) in batch files or CONFIG.SYS.
REN
Renames a file or files.
RENAME
Renames a file or files.
REPLACE
Replaces files.
RMDIR
Removes a directory.
SET
Displays, sets, or removes Windows environment variables.
SETLOCAL
Begins localization of environment changes in a batch file.
SHIFT
Shifts the position of replaceable parameters in batch files.
SORT
Sorts input.
START
Starts a separate window to run a specified program or command.
SUBST
Associates a path with a drive letter.
TIME
Displays or sets the system time.
TITLE
Sets the window title for a CMD.EXE session.
TREE
Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or path.
TYPE
Displays the contents of a text file.
VER
Displays the Windows version.
VERIFY
Tells Windows whether to verify that your files are written correctly to a disk.
VOL
Displays a disk volume label and serial number.
XCOPY
Copies files and directory trees.
We also have posting about command prompt commands in Windows 10 here.
