# Command: command (command.com or FreeCom)

      COMMAND starts a new copy of the FreeDOS command shell.

## Syntax:

      COMMAND [[drive]path] [device] [/E:nnnnn] [/L:nnnn] [/U:nnn] [/P] [/MSG]
              [/LOW] [/Y [/[C|K] command]]
      COMMAND [/?]
              [drive]path  Specifies the directory containing COMMAND.COM,
                           e.g. C:\example\
              drive        The drive letter, e.g. C:
              path         The directory, e.g. \example\
              device       Specifies the device to use for command input and
                           output.

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## Options:

      /E:nnnnn    Sets the initial environment size to nnnnn bytes.
                  (nnnnn should be between 256 and 32,768).
      /L:nnnn     Specifies internal buffers length (requires /P as well).
                  (nnnn should be between 128 and 1,024).
      /U:nnn      Specifies the input buffer length (requires /P as well).
                  (nnn should be between 128 and 255).
      /P          Makes the new command shell permanent (can't exit).
      /MSG        Stores all error messages in memory (requires /P as well).
      /LOW        Forces the command shell to keep its resident data in
                  low memory.
      /Y          Steps through the batch program specified by /C o.
      /C command  Executes the specified command and returns.
      /K command  Executes the specified command and continues .
      /?          Shows the help.

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## Comments:

      [drive]path  The drive and path where the shell is to look for the
                   transient part of the program. This is usually only
                   needed to set the COMSPEC.
      device       An alternate device for all i/o.
      /e:nnnnn     The environment size, in bytes, in the range 160-32768.
                   This number will be rounded up the nearest 16 bytes.
                   The default is 256.
      /p           Makes the shell permanent, so the EXIT command does
                   not exit the shell.
      /c {string}  Executes the command in {string}, then exits.
      /msg         Loads any error messages that might be stored on disk
                   into memory.
      COMMAND (COMMAND.COM) is also named FreeCom. It contains a lot of
      internal commands which need no other file in order to work. You can
      find the list of internal commands here.

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## Examples:

      C:\command /E:1024 /L:1024 /U:128 /P
      command /?

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## See also:

      exit
      kernel
      shell

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## File:

      Please read this command's lsm file also.
      You will find the updated version (internet) here and
      the version described in this manual page here.
      The lsm file contains information about the name of the programmer,
      the download site, and some other command related information.

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      Copyright © 1998 Jim Hall, updated 2007 by W. Spiegl.

      This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
      See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.