COMMAND2.COM 2.44

In 1997, Fokke Post, also known as C.P.U., released a new version of the command interpreter COMMAND2.COM version 2.4. This version is an expansion on the last official MSX-DOS 2.3 as distributed by ASCII. Over the years, few updates followed and the KdL version 2.43 was the latest. Today, The New Image released a new COMMAND2.COM version 2.44. It contains a proper TAB completion bug fix and several new features. Here is the full list of changes:

• Fixed a bug causing TAB completion to go into an infinite loop in a subdirectory with only the . and .. entries. In such a case a BEEP will occur indicating it couldn't find any name to complete
• The COMPATCH is implemented natively. This is to display the free size of a FAT16 partition
• Added SHIFT command for batch files. This allows to shift arguments 1 position to the left, including an option to specify from which argument the shift will take place
• New external command: TYPEWW to type text with word-wrap
• New external command: MORE piping command to pause output display per screen
• Added BOOT command. Sets the boot drive for when leaving MSX-BASIC
• Added HERTZ command. Sets VDP refresh frequency
• SET PROMPT ON and SET PROMPT OFF are restored to their respective defaults. If PROMPT wasn't set, it defaults to %_CWD%>
• Restored ERA, ERASE and RENAME commands for compatibility reasons
• Added missing COMMAND2.COM version 2.41 features to the help files
• Internal Variable _MSXVER now supports all MSX generations
• Added @STRING Internal Variable Function. Returns a string of the specified length containing the first character of a string

Relevant link: TNI COMMAND.COM 2.44