You may never/rarely see batch or command-line scripts running since many are executed in the background while, for example, logging into a work PC. MS-DOS was very rapidly adopted by businesses large and small, that, combined, created many millions of batch scripts, some of which are still in use today! Batch scripts are used to automate the configuration of users’ machines, setting/changing security settings, updating software, building code, etc. Like most mainstream Operating Systems of the time, Microsoft’s MS-DOS’ “Command-Line Interpreter” or “shell” provided a simple, quirky, but relatively effective set of commands, and a command-scripting syntax for writing batch (.bat) files. Ultimately, MS-DOS rose to prominence as the de-facto standard OS for IBM PC’s & compatibles, especially in businesses: Machines based on Unix, CP/M, DR-DOS, and others tussled for position and market share.
HISTORY OF DOS PC
Our journey now continues along a rather tangled path, starting with early PC’s, winding through Microsoft’s involvement with several Operating Systems, to the newly reinvigorated Command-Line of today: From humble beginnings – MS-DOSīack in the early years of the PC industry, most computers were operated entirely by typing commands into the command-line. In this series’ previous post, we discussed the history and fundamentals of the Command-Line and saw how the architecture of Command-Lines in general has remained largely consistent over time, even while terminals evolved from electro-mechanical teletypes through to modern terminal applications.
HISTORY OF DOS WINDOWS
HISTORY OF DOS SERIES
Posts in the “Windows Command-Line” series Specifically, we’ll explore its humble origins in MS-DOS, to its modern-day incarnation supporting tools like PowerShell and Windows Subsystem for Linux. In this post we’ll discuss some of the background & history behind the Windows Command-Line. Welcome to the second post in this “Windows Command-Line” series.
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