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Provides online information about system commands (that is, non-network commands). Used without parameters, help lists and briefly describes every system command.
{help [command]|[command]/?}
command : Specifies the name of the command about which you want information.
There are two ways to get online Help for a command. You can type help command, or you can type command /?. /? is slightly faster.
For information about network commands, click net help in Related Topics.
To see information about the xcopy command, type either of the following:
help xcopy
xcopy /?
Format |
Meaning |
|---|---|
Italic |
Information that the user must supply |
Bold |
Elements that the user must type exactly as shown |
Ellipsis (...) |
Parameter that can be repeated several times in a command line |
Between brackets ([]) |
Optional items |
Between braces ({}); choices separated by pipe (|). Example: {even|odd} |
Set of choices from which the user must choose only one |
Courier font |
Code or program output |