CSC 240 Personal Computing for Programmers

DOS Command Exercises - Answer Key

1.

• COPY FILE1.TXT FILE2.TXT
• COPY FILE1.TXT FILE3.DAT
• COPY FILE1.TXT FILE4.XYZ
• COPY FILE1.TXT FILE5.TXT

2.  DIR

3.  DIR *.TXT - you should only see file1.txt, file2.txt, and file5.txt

4. COPY FILE4.XYZ FIRST.DAT

5.  MKDIR TESTDIR   or   MD TESTDIR

6.  COPY *.DAT TESTDIR      or   COPY *.DAT C:\240TEMP\TESTDIR

7. 

• CD TESTDIR
• DIR

8.  DEL FILE3.DAT

9.  CD..

10.  DIR/S *.DAT

11.  RENAME FILE1.TXT FILE6.TXT

12.  RMDIR TESTDIR   or   RD TESTDIR.  No you cannot because the directory is not empty.  It still has a file in it.

13. 

• CD TESTDIR
• DEL FIRST.DAT
• CD..
• RD TESTDIR

14.  DIR FI*.TXT

15.  DIR FILE?.TXT