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Command Names and Parameters


When you enter a command you type its name at the prompt, followed by a 
space and any parameters for the command.  For example, all of these could 
be valid commands: 


      [c:\] dir
      [c:\] copy file1 file2 d:\
      [c:\] f:\util\mapmem /v
      [c:\] "c:\my programs\jp software\take command\tcmdos2.exe" /l

The last three commands above include both a command name, and one or more 
parameters.  There are no spaces within the command name (except in quoted 
file names), but there is a space between the command name and any 
parameeters, and there are spaces between the parameters. 
Some commands may work when parameters are entered directly after the 
command (without an intervening space, e.g. dir/p), or when several 
parameters are entered without spaces between them (e.g. dir /2/p). A very 
few older programs may even require this approach.  However leaving out 
spaces in this way is usually technically incorrect, and is not 
recommended as a general practice, as it may not work for all commands. 
If the command name includes a path, the elements must be separated with 
backslashes (e.g. f:\util\mapmem).  If you are accustomed to Unix syntax 
where forward slashes are used in command paths, and want CMD.EXE to 
recognize this approach, you can set UnixPaths to Yes in CMD.INI. 
For more information on command entry see Multiple Commands and 
Command-Line Length Limits. For details on how CMD.EXE handles the various 
elements it finds on the command line see Command Parsing. 

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