Quick reference: DOS commands

Following is a short listing of DOS commands, the Command column is what you type at the command line, the Name column is the full name of the command - it's just there to help you remember what the command does, and the Description column gives a brief description of what the command does.

Command		Name		Description
attrib		attributes		display or change files or directories attributes (i.e. hidden, system, read-only, etc.).
copy		copy		copy files or directories.
del		delete		delete files.
deltree		delete tree		delete an entire directory tree - deletes and removes a directories and all of it's files and subdirectories.
dir		directory		display a directory listing.
help		help		displays a detailed help page for a given command.
mem		memory		display free memory and memory used.
ren or rename		rename		rename files or directories.
rmdir		remove directory		deletes (removes) an empty directory.

You can frequently follow a command with with the parameter /help to get a description of the parameters you can use for the command.