Comments on: 10 Windows Command Line Tips You Should Check Out

By: satyendra

satyendra — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:13:40 +0000

Thats really a nice info ..now i will be able to use cmd with full potential..

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:09:28 +0000

Correction on running multiple commands – if you use &&, the command after the && only runs if the command before completes without error, which is what you often want. If you want the second command to run no matter what happens with the first command, use a single &.

OK, here’s where it gets real fun – you can use || to run the second command only if the first command causes an error.

Then it gets even more fun – you can chain these together!

A simple example:

DIR xyzzy && Echo Found it! || Echo It's not there.

This will run the command
DIR xyzzy
If xyzzy exists, then “Found it!” will be displayed
If xyzzy doesn’t exist, then “It’s not there.” will be displayed.

By: PhÃ¹ng VÄƒn Huy

PhÃ¹ng VÄƒn Huy — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:13:03 +0000

You can
Change title console window: title My Console Window
Change color text/background of console window: color 0f
Get username like whoami in Linux: echo %username%

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:21:31 +0000

Hubdog – I always wanted an easier way to cut and paste! Thanks

By: Varun Kashyap

Varun Kashyap — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:51:18 +0000

May be right click is easier ^_^

By: Varun Kashyap

Varun Kashyap — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:50:05 +0000

Yes, indeed you can use the Tab key to complete directories and filenames. Should have stuck it in somewhere!

By: CGA

CGA — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:31:35 +0000

If you want a “real” sleep command you can download the Windows 2003 Resource Kit as per this article:
http://malektips.com/xp_dos_0002.html

By: hubdog

hubdog — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:38:26 +0000

It’s also useful to enable QuickEdit Mode to be able to highlight and paste with the mouse without having to right-click and select paste.

Set it up by clicking the little “c:\_” icon in the upper left of the command window, and choose “defaults”. On the “Options” tab check “QuickEdit Mode” and click “OK”. Click the icon again, select “Properties” and check “QuickEdit Mode” and click “OK”. After hitting ok this time you will get a dialog box, select “Save properities for future windows with same title.” and hit ok.

Now you will be able to use the left mouse button to highlight text, and the right mouse button to copy it. Enjoy.

By: andy

andy — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:14:48 +0000

RE: FILTER COMMAND OUTPUT …….. The find command does not work but findstr does………………….. o.O

By: Gennice

Gennice — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:34:09 +0000

Excellent and easy to learn explanation. Thanks for the tips!