Built-in commands

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These commands are all built in to the command interpreter itself, and cannot be changed. Sometimes this is because they require access to internal command interpreter data structures, or modify properties of the command interpreter process itself.

Command	Description
ASSOC	Associates an extension with a file type (FTYPE).
BREAK	Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking.
CALL	Calls one batch program from another.
CD, CHDIR	Displays or sets the current directory.
CHCP	Displays or sets the active code page number.
CLS	Clears the screen.
COLOR	Sets the console foreground and background colors.
COPY	Copies files.
DATE	Displays and sets the system date.
DEL, ERASE	Deletes one or more files.
DIR	Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.
ECHO	Displays messages, or turns command echoing on or off.
ELSE	Performs conditional processing in batch programs when "IF" is not true.
ENDLOCAL	Ends localization of environment changes in a batch file.
EXIT	Quits the CMD.EXE program (command interpreter).
FOR	Runs a specified command for each file in a set of files.
FTYPE	Sets the file type command.
IF	Performs conditional processing in batch programs.
MD, MKDIR	Creates a directory.
MOVE	Moves a file to a new location
PATH	Sets or modifies the PATH environment
PAUSE	Causes the command session to pause for user input.
POPD	Changes to the drive and directory popped from the directory stack
PROMPT	Sets or modifies the string displayed when waiting for input.
PUSHD	Pushes the current directory onto the stack, and changes to the new directory.
RD / RMDIR	Removes the directory.
REM	A comment command. Unlike double-colon (::), the command can be executed.
REN / RENAME	Renames a file or directory
SET	Sets or displays shell environment variables
SETLOCAL	Creates a child-environment for the batch file.
SHIFT	Moves the batch parameters forward.
START	Starts a program with various options.
TIME	Displays or sets the system clock
TITLE	Changes the window title
TYPE	Prints the content of a file to the console.
VER	Shows the command processor, operating system versions.
VERIFY	Verifies that file copy has been done correctly.
VOL	Shows the label of the current volume.

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