MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

CIS121AB  2008 Spring – 2011 Summer II

Microsoft Command Line Operations

1.

Identify and define the major components of the command line environment. (I)

2.

Boot (start) a Microsoft system and go to the command line. (I)

3.

Format and copy diskettes on the command line. (II)

4.

Use the editor, to create, save, and modify files. (III)

5.

Use command line commands to display disk directories; copy, rename, list, and erase files; change the date and time and use commands to check disk status, search files, and sort files. (IV)

6.

Use the keyboard's special keys to perform a variety of tasks. (IV)

7.

Create and use and use batch files to perform a series of commands. (V)

8.

Create and use subdirectories to organize related groups of files. (VI)

9.

Backup and restore files on a hard disk. (VII)

MCCCD Official Course Outline:

CIS121AB  2008 Spring – 2011 Summer II

Microsoft Command Line Operations

I. Introduction to the Command Line

A. Hardware requirements

B. Software requirements

C. Booting the system

II. Formatting and Copying Diskettes

A. Care of diskettes and other storage media

B. Formatting blank diskettes

C. Copying diskettes

D. Using help

III. Using, the Editor

A. Filenames and conventions

B. Creating files

C. Inserting lines

D. Displaying lines

E. Moving and copying lines

F. Deleting data

G. Search and replace operations

H. Terminating editor

IV. Command Line Commands

A. Copy Files

B. Display of change date

C. Display Directory

D. Remove files

E. Renaming files

F. Display or change time

G. Display file contents

H. Special keys and functions

I. Check disk integrity

J. Filter commands

V. Using Batch Files

A. Creating batch files

B. Executing batch files

C. Special batch commands

VI. Commands for Directories

A. Making directories

B. Navigating directories

C. Removing directories

VII. Using Hard Disks

A. Backup

B. Restore