Comments on: A Beginners Guide To The Windows Command Line http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-beginners-guide-to-the-windows-command-line/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ABitOfBetterButter http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-beginners-guide-to-the-windows-command-line/#comment-414303 ABitOfBetterButter Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:18:25 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26892#comment-414303 Don't you mean "echo thing | program.exe" ? You're piping that *input* to program.exe, not the program's *output* to echo. Don’t you mean “echo thing | program.exe” ? You’re piping that *input* to program.exe, not the program’s *output* to echo.

]]> By: markus http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-beginners-guide-to-the-windows-command-line/#comment-414266 markus Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:35:29 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26892#comment-414266 thanks for this of your information cause it will really save me the problem of command line thanks for this of your information cause it will really save me the problem of command line

]]> By: Tina http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-beginners-guide-to-the-windows-command-line/#comment-412525 Tina Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:40:40 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26892#comment-412525 Many thanks for the input! Many thanks for the input!

]]> By: pceasies http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-beginners-guide-to-the-windows-command-line/#comment-412519 pceasies Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:39:52 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26892#comment-412519 Also, if you want to run a program that is going to ask you something, you can type "program.exe | echo thing" And if the program prompts, it will automatically answer "thing" Also, "program.exe | find "thing"" and it will find "thing" in the program output and display that line. Good to use with systeminfo and dir to find a certain line. Also, if you want to run a program that is going to ask you something, you can type “program.exe | echo thing” And if the program prompts, it will automatically answer “thing”

Also, “program.exe | find “thing”" and it will find “thing” in the program output and display that line. Good to use with systeminfo and dir to find a certain line.

]]> By: Tina http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-beginners-guide-to-the-windows-command-line/#comment-412457 Tina Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:48:26 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26892#comment-412457 In other words, to run a command from the run box, rather than to first open the command window, you have to first type cmd /k followed by the command. Thank you JBu! In other words, to run a command from the run box, rather than to first open the command window, you have to first type cmd /k followed by the command.

Thank you JBu!

]]> By: JBu92 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-beginners-guide-to-the-windows-command-line/#comment-412411 JBu92 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:38:11 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26892#comment-412411 if you want to save a bit'o'time you can use /k [command here] after typing cmd in the run box, it will keep a persistent window of cmd after running [command here] useful for opening in a specified directory i.e. cmd /k cd c:/python26 if you want to save a bit’o'time you can use /k [command here] after typing cmd in the run box, it will keep a persistent window of cmd after running [command here]
useful for opening in a specified directory i.e. cmd /k cd c:/python26

]]> By: Sotiris Z http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-beginners-guide-to-the-windows-command-line/#comment-412400 Sotiris Z Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:19:41 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26892#comment-412400 Thank you,really useful! Thank you,really useful!

]]> By: Mike http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-beginners-guide-to-the-windows-command-line/#comment-412395 Mike Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:07:18 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26892#comment-412395 Very helpful! Very helpful!

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