MS-DOS COMMAND.COM

E713579
MS-DOS program command-line interpreter system component

MS-DOS COMMAND.COM is the primary command-line interpreter for MS-DOS operating systems, responsible for executing user commands, running batch files, and managing basic system tasks.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
COMMAND.COM 2

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf MS-DOS program ⓘ
command-line interpreter ⓘ
system component ⓘ
architecture 16-bit ⓘ
category DOS shell ⓘ
defaultPrompt $P$G ⓘ
developedBy Microsoft ⓘ
distribution bundled with MS-DOS ⓘ
bundled with early Microsoft Windows versions ⓘ
fileExtension .COM ⓘ
fileName COMMAND.COM ⓘ
function execute user commands ⓘ
manage basic system tasks ⓘ
run batch files ⓘ
internalCommand CALL ⓘ
CD ⓘ
CLS ⓘ
COPY ⓘ
DEL ⓘ
DIR ⓘ
ECHO ⓘ
EXIT ⓘ
GOTO ⓘ
IF ⓘ
MD ⓘ
PATH ⓘ
PAUSE ⓘ
PROMPT ⓘ
RD ⓘ
REN ⓘ
SET ⓘ
SHIFT ⓘ
TYPE ⓘ
introducedIn early versions of MS-DOS ⓘ
license proprietary software ⓘ
limitation 8.3 filename convention in pure DOS ⓘ
limited command history ⓘ
no native long filename support in MS-DOS ⓘ
operatingSystem IBM PC DOS NERFINISHED ⓘ
MS-DOS NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windows 95 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windows 98 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windows Me NERFINISHED ⓘ
platform IBM PC compatible ⓘ
provides command prompt ⓘ
replacedBy CMD.EXE NERFINISHED ⓘ
role primary command-line interpreter for MS-DOS ⓘ
runsIn real mode ⓘ
supports .BAT batch files ⓘ
AUTOEXEC.BAT processing ⓘ
CONFIG.SYS interaction ⓘ
I/O redirection ⓘ
command piping ⓘ
command-line editing (limited) ⓘ
environment variables ⓘ
external commands ⓘ
internal commands ⓘ
simple batch scripting ⓘ
userInterface text-based ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Console Command Processor (CCP) → similarTo → MS-DOS COMMAND.COM ⓘ
Windows Command Prompt → predecessor → MS-DOS COMMAND.COM ⓘ
this entity surface form: COMMAND.COM
FreeCOM → replaces → MS-DOS COMMAND.COM ⓘ
this entity surface form: COMMAND.COM