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Types
of
MS-DOS
Commands
Internal
Commands
enclosed in square brackets are optional, for
Words
[<filename>].
example,
front
A
slash
precedes
that
An
indicates
elipsis
many times
repeated
as
other punctuation,
All
(\),
marks
and equal
shown.
two types
has
MS—DOS
commands and External commands.
Internal
commands are the
commands. They are called
within the
they reside
COMMANDCOM.
Internal
commands are not executable
their
individual names when you type the DIR
see
command to read the directory of file names
internal
commands are:
Some
I
CHDIR (Change Directory)
I
COPY
certain
optional parameters.
entry that
the
precedes it may
needed or desired.
as
such
colons, back—slash
as
commas,
entered exactly
must
be
signs,
commands, called
of
most
commonly
internal
commands because
larger, executable file called
files. You
MS-Dos Commands
be
as
Internal
used
cannot
discs.
on
your
F—S
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