title: MS-DOS Batch Files: Microsoft Quick Reference
author: Kris A Jamsa
description: Intended for beginning DOS users, this book provides an introduction to the basics of batch files - file-naming conventions and command-line parameters - and eight DOS batch commands as well as a mini tutorial on the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
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  # A Little Bit of Everything For Dummies®, 20th Anniversary Edition
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  
  [Introduction](index_split_003.html#filepos43042)
  
  
  > [About This e-Book](index_split_003.html#filepos44843)
  
  
  [How This e-Book Is Organized ](index_split_003.html#filepos46089)
  
  
  [Icons Used in This Book](index_split_003.html#filepos50753)
  
  
  [Where to Go from Here](index_split_003.html#filepos53620)
  
  
  [Part I: Dummies Classics](index_split_004.html#filepos56508)
  
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  [Chapter 1: Easier DOS: The DOS Shell](index_split_005.html#filepos60857)
  
  
  > [Starting the DOS Shell](index_split_005.html#filepos65307)
  
  
  [Do You Have a Mouse?](index_split_005.html#filepos66734)
  
  
  [Quitting the DOS Shell](index_split_005.html#filepos67858)
  
  
  [Changing the Display in the DOS Shell](index_split_005.html#filepos69972)
  
  
  [Moving between Different Parts of the
  Shell](index_split_005.html#filepos76267)
  
  
  [Working with Files](index_split_005.html#filepos77313)
  
  
  > [Copying files](index_split_005.html