Command: doskey
In some versions of DOS, DOSKEY extends the basic keyboard
functionality of the command line interpreter.
There is no need for DOSKEY in FreeDOS, which has such
features built into the command interpreter.
Syntax:
doskey [/?]
Options:
UP key Recalls the history.
DOWN key Recalls the history.
LEFT key To navigate within the command line.
RIGHT key To navigate within the command line.
END key To navigate within the command line.
HOME key To navigate within the command line.
INSERT key Toggle between overstrike and insert mode.
TAB key Completes the current word as filename.
TAB key 2x Shows all matching files.
/? Shows the help.
Comments:
The external DOSKEY utility had been incorporated into FreeCOM.
Use cursor UP, and DOWN keys to recall the history and HISTORY to
display it. Use cursor LEFT, and Right and the END and HOME keys to
navigate within the command line and toggle INSERT between overstrike
and insert mode. Use the TAB key to complete the current word as
filename; use it twice to show all matching files.
As the command DOSKEY /? still shows informations about the available
keys it is still part of the help file.
DOSKEY is a command internal to command.com and needs no other file
in order to work.
Examples:
In command line simply try the following keys:
UP key Recalls the history (Shows already executed commands).
You can reexecute them with ENTER.
DOWN key Recalls the history (Shows already executed commands).
You can reexecute them with ENTER.
LEFT key Navigate within the command line.
RIGHT key Navigate within the command line.
END key Navigate within the command line.
HOME key Navigate within the command line.
INSERT key Toggle between overstrike and insert mode.
TAB key Complete the current word as filename.
TAB key 2x Show all matching files.
See also:
alias
command.com/freecom
history
lfnfor
Copyright © 2004 Robert Platt, updated 2007 and 2022 by W. Spiegl.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.