When im in the MS-DOS command line, what "language" am i using?

Question

and are the common commands like "cd.." of the same language as batch processes that can be programmed in MS-DOS? cheers.

Answer 1

That would be the command language or batch language, also called cmd.exe unless you're really on MS-DOS.

And the same commands you use at the command line are available to those batch files you discuss even though there's slight differences such as the use of %% for for variables inside the batch files.

It's come a long way since the bad old days of MS-DOS batch programming but it still doesn't come close to the ease of use of bash or ksh under UNIX. I suspect most modern batch programs under Windows will now be using PowerShell.

Answer 2

Batch language.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_Prompt

Answer 3

Practically everything that works in a batchfile will also work on the command prompt, as both are more or less the same (Batchfiles beeing simply a bunch of prewritten sequencial commands)

Some things used in batchfiles won't do you any good on the command prompt, i.e. call [batchfile],goto and goto-labels, variables, etc.