DOSKEY.COM

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DOSKEY.COM is a TSR program that has been part of the MS-DOS operating system since version 5.0. It makes entering commands via the command line more convenient.

DOSKEY.COMextends the command line interpreter COMMAND.COMby the following functions.

  • It remembers the most recently entered commands and enables you to call them up again with the arrow keys and to edit them in the command line.
  • Macros that can be used to combine several commands into one command can be created.
  • Numerous other keys can be used in the command line. So deletes Escthe entire contents of the command line; F8searches in the command history for the currently entered character string; and F7shows the complete stored command history.

The functions of the program DOSKEY.COMhave been built into the command line interpreter in the Windows NT operating system since version Windows 2000cmd.exe , so that the program DOSKEY.COMdoes not offer any additional functions in these operating systems.