Commands for Handling Files and Folders in DOS | FreeDOS

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#### SUMMARY ####
dir # list directory contents
tree # display folder structure
mkdir # create directory
cd # change current working directory
md # alias for mkdir
copy con file.txt # copy typed contents to a file
type # display a file
copy file1.txt file2.txt # copy file1.txt to file2.txt
comp file1.txt file2.txt # compare two files with each other
ren old.txt new.txt # rename a file
xcopy folder1/ folder2/ # copy a whole folder with structure
del file.txt # delete a specific file
erase file.txt # alias for del
move file1.txt subdir/file.txt # move files arround

del *.txt # delete every file ending with .txt
del jim.* # delete all files named jim
del . # delete all files in the working directory

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