MS-DOS Internal Commands

Let me tell you what are internal commands. To get help on each internal command, add a switch "/?" after the command when you use them. For detailed information, if you are MS-DOS 5 or higher, Windows NT or Windows 2000, you can type "help [command]" for help. Notice the following: [optional_item]; <necessary_text>; /switch; selective_itemA | selective_itemB; are usually seen in command help texts. For information about the command interpreter, click here: COMMAND.COM.

Mainly, internal commands are file and directory operation commands:

And there are also other commands:
Besides, there are commands not designed for command use. They are batch commands, which can be used in batch programs. Please first see batch programming and environment variables, then see the following list:

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