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External commands available to Windows command interpreter are separate executable program files, supplied with the operating system by Microsoft, or bundled as standard with the third-party command interpreters. By replacing the program files, the meanings and functions of these commands can be changed.

Many, but not all, external commands support the /? convention, causing them to write on-line usage information to their standard output and then to exit with a status code of 0.

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External commands:
* ARP
* AT
* ATTRIB
* BCDEDIT
* CACLS
* CHCP
* CHKDSK
* CHKNTFS
* CHOICE
* CIPHER
* CLIP
* CMD
* COMP
* COMPACT
* CONVERT
* DEBUG
* DISKCOMP
* DISKCOPY
* DISKPART
* DOSKEY
* DRIVERQUERY
* EXPAND
* FC
* FIND
* FINDSTR
* FORFILES
* FORMAT
* FSUTIL
* GPRESULT
* GRAFTABL
* HELP
* ICACLS
* IPCONFIG
* LABEL
* MAKECAB
* MODE
* MORE
* NET
* OPENFILES
* PING
* RECOVER
* REG
* REPLACE
* ROBOCOPY
* RUNDLL32
* SC
* SCHTASKS
* SETX
* SHUTDOWN
* SORT
* SUBST
* SYSTEMINFO
* TASKKILL
* TASKLIST
* TIMEOUT
* TREE
* WHERE
* WMIC
* XCOPY
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