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ginja · 09-09-2006, 12:43 PM

Hey.

I have been wondering about how to use the CMD.exe application in Windows, and wondered if any of you knew how to use it and could give me some codes and hints on how to use it?

cheers

whomung · 09-09-2006, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ginja

Hey.

I have been wondering about how to use the CMD.exe application in Windows, and wondered if any of you knew how to use it and could give me some codes and hints on how to use it?

cheers

edit:

removed long involved DOS shell explaination --which you could easily google...... I suddenly realize you were probably asking the question on a completely different level.... and I have absolutely no clue how to incorporate it's use it in a website... sorry... my bad

Itsacon · 09-09-2006, 11:20 PM

Actually, CMD is much more powerful than COMMAND (the old MS-DOS shell). Firstly, you can enable things like tab-completion (default under WinXP, requires registry trick or TweakUI for older NT variants), and you have a lot of new (powerful) commandos. I do nearly everything through CMD, since it's generally much quicker than through Windows Explorer.

Have a look here for a lot of tricks and tips. It's mostly batch file oriented, but most things you can do in a batch file are also possible directly from the command line.

whomung · 09-09-2006, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Itsacon

Actually, CMD is much more powerful than COMMAND (the old MS-DOS shell). Firstly, you can enable things like tab-completion (default under WinXP, requires registry trick or TweakUI for older NT variants), and you have a lot of new (powerful) commandos. I do nearly everything through CMD, since it's generally much quicker than through Windows Explorer.

Have a look here for a lot of tricks and tips. It's mostly batch file oriented, but most things you can do in a batch file are also possible directly from the command line.

Thanks for stepping in.... I realized I probably over simplified.