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A family of disk-based operating systems (Disk Operating System) for mainframes and minicomputers in the 1960s and 1970s, and subsequently IBM PCs and compatibles of the 1980s and 1990s, including MS-DOS.

How to create empty text file from a batch file?

Can somebody remember what was the command to create an empty file in MSDOS using BAT file?

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copy all files and folders from one drive to another drive using DOS (command prompt)

i want to copy all files and folders from one drive to another drive using MS-DOS. How to do it? …

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How to get a list of sub-folders and their files, ordered by folder-names

Can I use dir command-line to get a list of sub-folders and their files, ordered by folder-names, and not just …

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Recursive directory listing in DOS

How do we achieve a recursive directory listing in DOS? I'm looking for a command or a script in DOS …

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MS-DOS Batch file pause with enter key

Is it possible in MS-DOS batch file to pause the script and wait for user to hit enter key? I …

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How to list files using dos commands?

I need to list the names of the files and store it in as text file! What I did is, …

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How can I debug a .BAT script?

Is there a way to step through a .bat script? The thing is, I have a build script , which calls …

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How to increment variable under DOS?

I've spent the past 3hrs trying to work this out but just couldn't find a solution. Here's my batch script: …

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In MS DOS copying several files to one file

I am trying to take a folder that has several .csv files in it and combine all of these files …

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Execute DOS command from VBScript

How I can Execute a DOS command from VBScript (not by .bat file) For example I want to execute the …

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