DOS Commands

Ren

The ren command is the shorthand version of the rename command.

Rename

The rename command is used to change the name of the individual file that you specify.

Replace

The replace command is used to replace one or more files with one or more other files.

Restore

The restore command is used to restore files that were backed up using the backup command.

The backup command was only available up to MS-DOS 5.00 but the restore command was included by default with later versions of MS-DOS to provide a way to restore files that were backed up in previous versions of MS-DOS.

Rmdir

The rmdir command is used to delete a directory.

Scandisk

The scandisk command is used to start Microsoft ScanDisk, a disk repair program.

Set

The set command is used to display, enable, or disable environment variables in MS-DOS.

Setver

The setver command is used to set the MS-DOS version number that MS-DOS reports to a program.

Share

The share command is used to install file locking and file sharing functions in MS-DOS.

Shift

The shift command is used to change the position of replaceable parameters in a batch or script file.