Itc lab 02
- 1. EXPERIMENT 02 Basics of Microsoft DOS Objectives To develop understanding of Operating system basics command line interface through MS DOS. Equipment /tool Used • Computer with any version of windows installed Background MS.DOS is an abbreviation for MICROSOFT DISK OPERATING SYSTEM, it is basically a non-graphical command line operating system derived from 86-DOS MS-DOS enables a user to navigate and perform several operations on their systems from a command line instead of a window. MS DOS Basic Commands Sr. No. Task Commands used a The Command Prompt C:/> This is called the command prompt, the flashing underscore next to the command prompt is called cursor. The cursor shows where the command you type will appear. b Nul If you make a typing mistake, press the BACKSPACE key to erase the mistake, and then try again. Press ENTER. c Viewing the Contents of a Directory Dir d Changing Directories cd windows The command prompt changes. It should now look like the following: C:WINDOWS> e To view a list of the files in the WINDOWS directory Dir To view contents of a directory on screen at a time dir /p
- 2. When you used the /p switch with the dir command, you specified that MS-DOS should pause after it displays each screen of directory list information. The p stands for "page". To view the contents of a directory in wide format cdcddir /w If the directory contains more files than will fit on one screen, you can combine the /p and /w switches as follows: dir /w /p. f Changing Back to the Root Directory cd The command prompt should now look like the following: C:> g Creating a Directory In this section, you will create two directories. Creating a directory is helpful if you want to organize related files into groups to make them easy to find. Before you begin this section, make sure the command prompt looks like the following: C:> To create a directory, you will use the md command. The md command stands for ‘make directory’ To create and change to a directory named FRUIT 1. Type the following at the command prompt: 2. md fruit 3. Dir To change to the new FRUIT directory, type the following at the command prompt: cd fruit The command prompt should now look like the following: C:FRUIT> You will now create a directory within the FRUIT directory, named GRAPES. To create and work with a directory named GRAPES 1. Type the following at the command prompt:
- 3. md grapes To confirm that you successfully created the GRAPES directory. To change to the GRAPES directory, type the following at the command prompt: cd grapes The command prompt should now look like the following: C:FRUITGRAPES> To switch back to the FRUIT 1. directory, type the following: cd.. h Deleting a Directory SSdirSS In this section, you will delete the GRAPES directory. Before you begin this section, make sure the command prompt looks like the following: C:FRUIT> To delete a directory, use the rd command. The rd command stands for ‘remove directory’ To delete the GRAPES directory 1. Type the following at the command prompt: rd grapes i Changing Directory C:FRUIT> Type the following at the command prompt: d: j Copying Files cop Before you begin this section, make sure the command prompt looks like the following: C:FRUIT> To copy the NOTEPAD.EXE files from the WINDOWS directory to the FRUIT directory 1. Return to the root directory by typing the following at the command prompt: cd The command prompt should now look like the following: C:> 2. Change to the DOS directory by typing the following at the command prompt: cd windows The command prompt should now look like the following: C:WINDOWS>
- 4. 3. To copy the NOTEPAD.EXE file from the WINDOWS directory to the FRUIT directory, type the following at the command prompt: copy c:windowsnotepad.exe c:fruit The following message appears: 1 file(s) copied 4. To confirm that yoctu copied the files successfully, view the contents of the FRUIT directory by typing the following at the command prompt: dir fruit k Rename a file To rename a file, you will use the ren command. The ren command stands for "rename." When you use the ren command, you must include two parameters. ren old name new name Before you begin this section, make sure your command prompt looks like the following: C:FRUIT> 1. To rename the NOTEPAD.EXE file to PADNOTE.TXT, type the following at the command prompt: 2. ren notepad.exe padnote.txt l Deleting Files Before you begin, make sure your command prompt looks like the following: C:FRUIT> 1. Delete the PADNOTE.TXT file by typing the following at the command prompt: del PADNOTE.TXT To delete the FRUIT directory Return to the root directory by typing the following at the command prompt: cd You can see the FRUIT directory in the directory list by typing the following at the command prompt: dir or dir /p Remove the FRUIT directory by typing the following at the command prompt: rd fruit.
- 5. Questions: How are the following operations done in MS-DOS? See the syntax and know its function. 1. Net 2. Ping 3. Set 4. Assign 5. Attrib 6. Show the version of windows. 7. Show help 8. Show time 9. Show volume 10. What does Exit command do? 11. Tree 12. Pause 13. cls a. The Command Prompt b. Nul Null c. Viewing the Contents of a Directory
- 6. d. Changing Directories To view a list of the files in the document directory
- 7. e. Changing Back to the Root Directory f. Creating a Directory g. Deleting a Directory h. Changing Directory i. Rename a file
- 8. Conclusion: From this I have learn the root of commands used in PC and performing these commands on command promt such as copy,delete,etc i Copying Files