SHELL

Specifies the name and location of the command interpreter you want MS-DOS  
to use. You can use this command only in your CONFIG.SYS file.

If you want to use your own command interpreter (instead of COMMAND.COM),
you can specify its name by adding a SHELL command to your CONFIG.SYS file.

Syntax

    SHELL=[[drive:]path]filename [parameters]

Parameters

[[drive:]path]filename
    Specifies the location and name of the command interpreter you want
    MS-DOS to use.

parameters
    Specifies any command-line parameters or switches that can be used with
    the specified command interpreter.

Related Command

For information about COMMAND.COM switches, see the <COMMAND> command.