Editing 4DOS (section)

== Features ==
4DOS features a number of enhancements compared to <code>COMMAND.COM</code>:<ref name="4DOS_8.00_HELP"/>

* Additional commands
* Extended functionality of existing commands
* Extended [[batch file]] processing facilities
* Improved command line editing, including [[Command-line completion|filename completion]] and [[command history]]
* Support for command [[alias (command)|aliases]], also in scripts
* Enhanced [[wildcard character|wildcards]] and the ability to filter by file sizes, date and time stamps, and other file characteristics
* Extended syntax for [[Redirection (computing)|redirection]] and piping
* Context-specific help
* Colored directory listings
* Internal variables and variable functions
* A [[Paging|memory swapping]] mechanism that yielded more free [[conventional memory]]
* An interactive debugger for batch files
* A mechanism for creating, maintaining and displaying [[Metadata|file descriptions]]<ref name="JP_1989_DESC"/><ref name="Paul_2001_CPI"/><ref name="Paul_2001_NECPINW"/><ref name="Optimasc_2006"/><ref name="Stackoverflow_2009"/><ref group="nb" name="NB_IDs"/>
* Configuration stored in an [[INI file]]
* Support for the Windows [[Clipboard (computing)|clipboard]]