AmigaOS Manual: AmigaDOS Command Examples

The command examples elsewhere in this book are primarily to illustrate the proper syntax and general operation of AmigaDOS. This chapter shows you how to use the commands needed for a wide variety of common tasks.

The chapter is organized as follows:

• Basic tasks
• Occasional tasks
• Advanced tasks

Basic Tasks

This section is oriented toward the novice Shell user, showing commands and short scripts to accomplish basic tasks. Use the commands shown as models for your own commands, substituting the names of your disks, directories, and files. To use the commands, type what appears after the prompt (usually 1>). Press Return to enter the command line you type.

Opening a Shell Window

To open a Shell window from Workbench:

1. Open the System drawer on your Workbench disk or partition.
2. Double-click on the Shell icon.

OR

1. Choose the Execute Command... item from the Workbench menu.
2. In the requester that appears, enter the command NEWSHELL.

To open another Shell window from a Shell, enter the NEWSHELL command at a Shell prompt:

1> NEWSHELL