Using Commands; File Commands; The Dir Command - Commodore PC Ms-Dos 3.2 User's Manual

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4 Using Commands
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• * In this chapter you will learn:
■ How to use file commands
f ) ■ How to print files
■ How to use disk commands
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File Commands Using file commands
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You can use several ms-dos commands to manage your files. Some
of the more common commands are dir, copy, del, rename, and
f-N) print
^^ Note The following examples assume that drive A is the default
l) drive.
f^ The Dir Command
If you want to find out what files are on a disk, you can list its
^ directory by using the ms-dos dir command. For example, to
( * display the directory of the disk in drive B, you would use the
following command:
n dir b:
[ theI... of the disk in drive B.
^ I directory...
If you use the dir command without a drive letter, ms-dos lists the
directory of the disk in the default drive.
\ -' Example
Suppose you want to see how many files are in the directory of Listing the MS-DOS
the MS-DOS disk in drive A. To display this directory you would directory
simply follow these steps: