CompTIA A+® Complete Deluxe Study Guide:Exams 220-701 (Essentials) and 220-702 (Practical Application)

16.10. Exam Essentials

Understand what each of the following commands does: CMD, HELP, DIR, ATTRIB, EDIT, COPY, XCOPY, FORMAT, MD, CD, and RD.

Many utilities that come with Windows help you navigate through or manage files and directories from a command prompt. The CMD command opens a command line, where you can type the rest of the commands. If you're not sure which utility to use, HELP will give you information. The MD, CD, and RD commands make, change, and delete (remove) directories, respectively, and the DIR command shows you what's inside the directory. To set file attributes, use ATTRIB; to modify file contents, use EDIT. The FORMAT command formats hard drives, and both COPY and XCOPY are used to copy files.

Know what the IPCONFIG and ...