The Rename Command; The Type Command - Commodore PC Ms-Dos 3.2 User's Manual

Using Commands 291
The Rename Command
—. Occasionally, you may want to change the name of a file. For
' ^ example, suppose you have a file named monthly.rpt on a disk.
When you add other monthly reports to your disk, you may want
to change the name to something more specific. To change the
f0^] name to annualrpt, for instance, you would use the following
command:
/■**\ rename monthly.rpt annual, rpt
n
|...from I...to "a
Change the name ...fro/77 I...to "annual.rpt"
of a file... hl"
You can only rename files on the same disk, so you cannot
change aimonthly.rpt to bimonthly.rpt.
Example tsmsmBSS^^
Suppose you want to rename a file named payrolldoc, on the disk Renaming a file
fmms\ in the default drive, to salary.doc. You would simply follow these
steps:
/—n DQ Make sure that the disk with the payroll doc file is on the disk
' in the default drive (A).
HO At the ms-dos prompt, type the following command:
r > rename payroll.doc salary.doc
_. 5] Press the return key.
Note The rename command can be abbreviated to ren.
The Type Command
fm*\} If you want ms-dos to display a file that contains text (often called
a text file) on the screen, use the type command. For example,
say you have created a file named phone. 1st on the disk in drive A,
/"-N and you want to check one of the phone numbers. To display the
file on the screen, you would use the following command:
type a:phone .1st
Display on
the screen...
...the file named "phone.lst"
that is on the disk in drive A.