NT Command Reference

A
append	Enables programs to open data files in specified directories as if these files were in the current directory.
arp	Displays and modifies the IP-to-Ethernet or token ring physical address translation tables used by address resolution protocol (ARP). This command is available only if the TCP/IP protocol has been installed.
assoc	Displays or modifies file extension associations.
at	The at command schedules commands and programs to run on a computer at a specified time and date. The Schedule service must be running to use the at command.
attrib	Displays or changes file attributes.
B
backup	Backs up one or more files from one disk onto another.
break	Windows NT does not use this command. It is accepted only for compatibility with files from MS-DOS.
batch commands	Listing of batch commands.
buffers	Windows NT and the MS-DOS subsystem do not use this command. It is accepted only for compatibility with files from MS-DOS.
C
cacls	Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files.
call	Calls one batch program from another without causing the parent batch program to stop.
chcp	Displays the number of the active console code page, or changes the active console code page that Windows NT is to use for the console.
chdir (cd)	Displays the name of the current directory or changes the current directory.
chkdsk	Creates and displays a status report for a disk based on the file system used.
cls	Clears the screen.
cmd	Starts a new instance of the Windows NT command interpreter, CMD.EXE.
codepage	Selects the code pages that the system will use for the MS OS/2 subsystem.
color	Sets the default console foreground and background colors.
command symbols	Command Symbols and Filter Commands
comp	Compares the contents of two files or sets of files byte by byte.
compact	Displays and alters the compression of files or directories
conditional processing symbols	Conditional processing symbols allow you to control the execution of commands.
convert	Converts FAT volumes to NTFS.
copy	Copies one or more files to another location.
country	Enables the MS-DOS subsystem to use international time, dates, currency, case conversions, and decimal separators.
D
date	Displays the date or allows you to change the date from your terminal or from a batch program.
debug	Starts Debug, a program that allows you to test and debug MS-DOS executable files.
debug commands	Listing of Debug commands and options.
del	Deletes specified files.
device	Loads into memory the device driver you specify.
devicehigh	Loads device drivers into the upper memory area.
devinfo	Prepares a device to use code pages.
dir	Displays a list of a directory's files and subdirectories.
diskcomp	Compares the contents of two floppy disks.
diskcopy	Copies the contents of the floppy disk in the source drive to a formatted or unformatted floppy disk in the destination drive.
diskperf	Starts and stops system disk performance counters.
dos	Specifies that the MS-DOS subsystem is to maintain a link to the upper memory area or is to load part of itself into the high memory area (HMA).
doskey	Calls the Doskey program, which recalls Windows NT commands, edits command lines, and creates macros.
dosonly	Prevents starting applications other than MS-DOS-based applications from the COMMAND.COM prompt.
driveparm	Windows NT and the MS-DOS subsystem do not take action for this command. It is accepted only for compatibility with MS-DOS files.