List of DOS commands: Difference between revisions

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|date=January 4, 1994}}</ref> There is another offering, named MWBACKUP, that is [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]-oriented. It was introduced for Windows for Workgroups (3.11).<ref>Source: Zeos International: {{cite web

|url=http://windowsbulletin.com/files/exe/zeos-international-ltd/windows-for-workgroups-3-11-ms-dos-6-22-backup-installation-disc/mwbackup-exe

|title=What is MWBACKUP.EXE?|date=25 February 2019 }}</ref>

The MSBACKUP command is available in MS-DOS versions 6 and later.<ref name="RUNNINGMSDOS" />

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{{Main|ren (command)}}

The REN command renames a file. Unlike the <code>move</code> command, this command cannot be used to rename subdirectories, or rename files across drives. Mass renames can be accomplished by the use of the wildcards characters asterisk (*) and question mark (?).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490987.aspx |title=Microsoft TechNet Rename (ren) article|date=11 September 2009 }}</ref>

The command is available in MS-DOS versions 1 and later.<ref name="RUNNINGMSDOS" />

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=== SORT ===

A [[Filter (software)|filter]] to sort lines in the input data stream and send them to the output data stream. Similar to the Unix command <code>[[Sort (Unix)|sort]]</code>. Handles files up to 64k. This sort is always case insensitive.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722869.aspx|title=Microsoft on "sort"|date=20 February 2014 |access-date=10 September 2014}}</ref>

The command is available in MS-DOS versions 2 and later.<ref name="RUNNINGMSDOS" />