Special Edition Using MS-DOS® 6.22, Third Edition

Chapter 13. Controlling Devices

In this chapter

• Device Commands

• The CLS Command

• The GRAPHICS Command

• The PRINT Command

• The CTTY Command

• The MODE Command

• Using Redirection Commands

• The MORE Filter

• The FIND Filter

• The SORT Filter

Device Commands

Devices—hard disks, printers, video displays, keyboards, and modems, for example—can supply input to the computer, receive output from the computer, or both. This chapter discusses the commands that control the devices connected to your computer. You use these commands to redirect input and output, select alternative keyboards, and print graphics and text files.

DOS supplies many different commands to help you interact with devices. With three commands referred to as filters, DOS is responsible for channeling information ...