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Bad command or file name
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A DOS error message that means DOS does not understand the command you entered, or it cannot find the program you asked it to run.

(operating system)Bad command or file name - The error message printed by MS DOS when it can't find a program or command to execute due to a typing error, incorrect PATH variable, or misplaced or missing executable.
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``Really, tonight I had pretty bad command,'' said Washburn, who had not won at home since last July 24, covering 13 starts.
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Certainly the Germans had cumbersome and bad command arrangements for the Normandy campaign, and Hitler did hamstring German operations with restrictive orders.
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At the start of the game, Feng-Hsiung Hsu, one of Deep Blue's designers, gave the computer a bad command, prompting what amounted to a fit of confusion on the machine's part.
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