http://www.mentasm.com/~mramiga/dos2.shtml (Amiga Plus Extra No. 5/97, 05/1997)
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AmigaDOS CLI Reference This Section is for the C: or Command directory of your hard drive.
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Understanding the AmigaDOS Shell | Using the CLI | Working with AmigaDOS | The ED Editor
EDIT | MeMacs | Using Scripts | Error Messages
AmigaDOS Commands
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| Command | Purpose |
| ADDBUFFERS: | Instructs the file system to add or display cache buffers for a drive |
| ADDDATATYPES: | Builds a list of data types (system command) |
| ALIAS: | Sets or displays command aliases |
| ASK: | Gets yes or no user input during script file execution |
| ASSIGN: | Controls assignment of logical devices |
| AVAIL: | Reports on amount of available memory |
| BINDDRIVERS: | Activates device drivers in Expansion drawer (system command) |
| BREAK: | Sets attention flags in the specified process |
| CD: | Sets or displays current directory |
| CHANGETASKPRI: | Changes priority of shell processes |
| CONCLIP: | Moves data between console windows and the clipboard (system command) |
| COPY: | Copies files and directories |
| CPU: | Sets or displays processor options |
| DATE: | Sets or The Date on the clock |
| DELETE: | Deletes files or directories |
| DIR: | Displays a sorted list of files in a directory |
| DISKCHANGE: | Informs the system of a disk change |
| ECHO: | Displays a string |
| ED | Edits text files |
| EDIT: | (line editor) Edits text files |
| ELSE: | Specifies an alternitive for an "IF" statement in a script file |
| ENDCLI: | Ends a shell process |
| ENDIF: | Terminates an "IF" block in a script |
| ENDSHELL: | Ends a shell process |
| ENDSKIP: | Ends a "SKIP" block in a script file |
| EVAL: | Evaluates integer or boolean expressions |
| EXECUTE: | Executes a script with optional argument substitution |
| FAILAT: | Instructs a command sequence not to fail unless given a value is given |
| FAULT: | Prints messages for the specified error numbers |
| FILENOTE: | Attaches a comment to a file |
| GET: | Gets a value of a local variable |
| GETENV: | Gets a value of a global variable |
| ICONX: | Allows the execution of a script file from an icon |
| IF: | Evaluates conditional operations in script files |
| INFO: | Gives information about mounted devices |
| INSTALL: | Writes or checks a disk boot block |
| IPREFS: | Monitors system preferences (system command) |
| JOIN: | Concatenates two or more files into a new file |
| LAB: | Specifies a label in a script file |
| LIST: | Lists specified information about directories and files |
| LOADRESOURCE: | Preloads resources into memory to avoid excessive disk swaps |
| LOADWB: | Starts the Workbench |
| LOCK: | Sets the write-protect status of a device |
| MAGTAPE: | Rewinds or skips forward SCSI tapes |
| MAKEDIR: | Creates a new directory |
| MAKELINK: | Creates a link between file names |
| MOUNT: | Makes a device connected to the system available |
| NEWCLI: | Opens a new shell window |
| NEWSHELL: | Opens a new shell window |
| PATH: | Controls the directory list that the shell searches to find commands |
| PROMPT: | Changes the prompt string of the current shell |
| PROTECT: | Changes the protection bits if a file or directory |
| QUIT: | Exits from a script file with a specified return code |
| RELABEL: | Changes the volume name of the disk in the given drive to the specified name |
| REMRAD: | Removes the recoverable RAM disk RAD: |
| RENAME: | Changes the name of or moves a file or directory |
| REQUESTCHOICE: | Allows AmigaDOS and ARexx scripts to use custom requesters |
| REQUESTFILE: | Allows AmigaDOS and ARexx scripts to use a file requester |
| RESIDENT: | Displays and modifies the list of resident commands |
| RUN: | Executes commands as background processes |
| SEARCH: | Looks for the specified text string in the file of the specified directories |
| SET: | Sets a local variable |
| SETCLOCK: | Sets or reads the battery backed-up hardware clock |
| SETDATE: | Changes the date stamp of a file or directory |
| SETENV: | Sets a global variable |
| SETFONT: | Sets the font for the shell |
| SETKEYBOARD: | Sets the keymap for the shell |
| SETPATCH: | Makes ROM patches in the system software (system command) |
| SKIP: | Skips to a lable when executing script files |
| SORT: | Alphabetically sorts the lines of a file |
| STACK: | Displays or sets the stack size with in the current shell |
| STATUS: | Lists information about shell processes |
| TYPE: | Displays the contents of a file |
| UNALIAS: | Removes an alias |
| UNSET: | Removes a local variable |
| UNSETENV: | Removes a global variable |
| VERSION: | Displays software version and revision numbers |
| WAIT: | Waits for a specified time |
| WHICH: | Searches the command path for a particular item |
| WHY: | Prints an error message that explains why the previous command failed |
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