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By: Filme Gratis » Blog Archive » A Beginners Guide To The Windows Command Line

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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.

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Phùng Văn 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%

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Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:31:00 +0000

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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:
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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.

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Windows Command Line tips. | Ask The Admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:05:35 +0000

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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!

By: antoniobrandao

antoniobrandao — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:55:46 +0000

I know a cool command

use “dir > filename.txt” to print the contents of the actual folder into a text file. Good to make lists of folder’s contents.. the “filename.txt” doesn’t have to end in “.txt” but it’s convenient to open later

use “dir > filename.txt /s” to include all subfolders

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:31:51 +0000

Couple this with the “Open Command Window Here” powertoy in explorer to go straight to the directory you need. md xxxx is faster than New > Folder > type in the name > Enter, unless you want spaces.

Did not know about the tab key.

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By: Manu

Manu — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:55:37 +0000

Very useful

By: Girish

Girish — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:24:24 +0000

it is explained very simply.. WOW .

By: Aibek

Aibek — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:39:25 +0000

thanks for sharing

By: Wor Tony

Wor Tony — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:11:38 +0000

Use the tab key when using cd command. It’ll cycle through the available directories. You can provide a starting point such as the initial letter to narrow down the list. The tab key will also allow you to select a filename in the sameway

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:12:09 +0000

In place of find, check out findstr. It has much more robust filtering capabilities including regular expressions.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490907.aspx

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