Life at the DOS prompt?

[Dazzler]

Hi people,

My problem is at the DOS prompt.

When I bring up the Dos prompt and enter C:\WINDOOWS>dir, all of the folders, files etc come up however; If I attempt to scroll through the list using page up/page down, or the up/down arrow on the keyboard, nothing happens.

Am I using the right keystrokes at the prompt? or am I missing something altogether?

Cheers,

Dazzler.

[geebee76]

Hi Dazzler,

Try typing it like this C:\Windows>dir_/p replacing the underscore with a space. This will allow you to use the down arrow to scroll a page at a time.

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[Rick]

You can not scroll the screen in Dos.
To display one page at a time you need to use the Page switch “dir /p” this will display one page at a time.
To see the next page just tap the enter key .
Until you reach the last page.
If you don’t want to display all the remaining pages Just press and hold the Ctrl key then tap the “C” and the page list will stop.
Also if you know the file/folder name or at least the first letter of that file/folder you can use that in the command also. For example to find all files with win at the beginning just type
“dir win*.* /p” again you will get one page at a time unless the total will fit on one page.

BTW another handy switch is the “/s” it allows you to look into all the Sub Directories/Folders
Below the one that the command was run in.


[This message has been edited by Rick (edited 09-27-2001).]

[Dazzler]

Thanks geebee76 and Rick,

The keystroke commands that you gave me work.

It's obvious that I need to buy some better books regarding DOS.

Cheers,

Dazzler.

[YODA74]

http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2F1996%2Fjan96%2F96n0 103%2F96n0103%2Easp
try here and here
http://www.easydos.com/dosindex.html

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