DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : M.Bhagya Lakshmi,
Designation : Lecturer,
Branch : DCCP
Institution : GMR Polytechnic, Gajwel
Year/semester : First Year
Subject name : Computer Fundamentals.
Subject Code : CCP-105
Topic : DOS Operating System
Duration : 50 min.
Sub –Topic : DOS commands
Teaching Aids : PPT

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Objectives:

After completion of this period, you would be

able to know:
 Wild cards
 Copy command
 TIME command
 DATE command

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Wild cards

 Wild cards are special characters used to select files

having a similar pattern.
 There are two wild cards
 *(Asterisk)- Represents any number of any character or
characters
 ?(Question marks)-Represents only one character

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Examples

 C>DIR *
 Display all the files.
 C>DIR a*
 display files staring with a

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 C>DIR *.a*
 Display files starting with extension ‘a’

 C>DIR P*.a*
 Display files started with primary name ‘p’
and extension starting with ’a’

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?:? Is used to select a single character
Ex:
DIR a??.*

It will display all the 3 character files starting with ‘a’ with
any extension.

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Dir *.?o?

will display all the files with any file name and with ‘o’ as
the second character in the extension.

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Note

ALL THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES DISPLAY ALL

THE FILES OF THE DIRECTORY

 DIR *
 DIR *.*
 DIR *.???
 DIR ????????.*
 DIR ???????.???

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COPY COMMAND

It is used to copy one or more files from one place to

another place on the same storage device or from one
storage device to another

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SYNTAX
C > Copy [source drive] source file name
[target drive] target file name

Note: The [ ] specifies optional entry.

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Source file:
This specifies address of the file or files to be copied

Target drive:
This specifies address of the directory where source file
files to be copied

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Example:
C:\>COPY A:\ Test.Dat C:\ New.Dat

This copies the file TEST.DAT from root directory of drive

A : to root directory of C : drive by the name of
NEW.DAT

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Copying using wildcards:

A > COPY *.COM B:\*

It copies all the files which have an extension. COM from

current drive A : into drive B :’s root directory

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C > COPY *.* A:\

It copies all the files from drive C : to drive A :’s root

directory

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Appending files:

Copy command can also be used to append one file to

another and store the combined file to another file.

C > COPY filename1 + filename2 filename3

It will combine the two specified files into one file

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DATE Command :

This command allows you to change the date and

display the system date entered at the time of booting.

To change the date type the following command

A > DATE

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OUTPUT
The screen display will look like this :

A > DATE

Current date is Mon 23-02-2008

Enter new date (mm-dd-yy) :

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TIME Command:
This command displays current time

A > TIME

The screen display will look like this

A > TIME
Current time is 11 : 00 : 30.08
Enter new time :
TIME and DATE commands are automatically extend at the
time of booting

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SUMMARY

 Wild cards
 Special characters used to select files having a
similar pattern.
 Copy command
 Useful to copy one or more files
 Date command
 To display or to change the current date
 Time command
 To display or to change the current time
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 QUIZ

Which of the following are Internal Commands?

c) TIME
d) DATE
e) DIR
f) All above

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Frequently asked Questions in Examination

 Explain COPY Command.

 Explain the following commands
 Date
 Time

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Assignment
 Write examples of any four COPY command and explain
the same
 What information do TIME and DATE commands show
and in what format. Give examples

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Thank you

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