command prompt

[Guest]

can anyboody tell me what can i do with the command promt i mean really
usefull

 

[Malke]

can anyboody tell me what can i do with the command promt i mean
really usefull

Start>Run>cmd [enter]
type "/?" without the quotes.

Google anything you don't understand.

Malke

 

[Guest]

can anyboody tell me what can i do with the command promt ?

Just about anything you can do in the GUI.

Using a GUI is a bit like going to a foreign country, and pointing at the
things you want in a shop. Using the command prompt is when you surprise the
locals - or your computer - by asking fluently in their own language.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial76.html

 

[Ayush]

http://commandwindows.com/


WARNING : Don't use it without knowing it. Some commands can even damage your
files/system if you use them incorrectly. Make a System Restore point before
doing anything.

--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search - www.Google.com
Want to know about a term - http://en.wikipedia.org

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[Ken Blake, MVP]

can anyboody tell me what can i do with the command promt


i mean
really usefull

I really think you're looking at this backward. What you do should be
driven by the problem, not by the tool. Don't start with a hammer and then
try to find a nail so you can use your hammer. But if you have a nail that
needs to be driven, look a for a hammer and find out to use it.

 

[Rob van Albada]

can anyboody tell me what can i do with the command promt i mean really
usefull

Many things. You can use the built in commands (in XP found in the
WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 directory).

See:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx?mfr=true

for all available commands.


Easy to use and useful commands are:

attrib, dir, xcopy, findstr, move

examples:

dir *.doc /on [RETURN]

This will give a list of all Word documents (files with extension
.DOC) in the working directory, sorted on name (/on parameter).

dir /? [ENTER] will produce help for the DIR command.

move <fromlocation> <tolocation> moves a file to another location.

example:

move haylee.doc travel [ENTER]

If you have a map 'travel' haylee.doc will be moved to that directory.

move /? produces a help text.

MOVE may ask you whether 'travel' is a file or a map.

With xcopy you can copy files:

xcopy a b [ENTER]

will copy file a to a new file b. If a file b already exists, xcopy
will ask for permission to erase the old b file.

with findstr you can search for strings in a .TXT or .ASC file:

findstr "Hamlet Denmark" shakes.txt [ENTER]

will give you all instances of Hamlet OR Denmark in the file
shakes.txt

This is one of the most useful commands IMHO.

The attrib command can be used to set file attributes, like

attrib +r *.RTF [ENTER]

This will make all .RTF files read-only. (i.e. they cannot be written
to.)

attrib /? [ENTER] produces a help file.

Also very usefule is DOSKEY.

doskey /i /h [enter]

will remember the commands you have typed, and will let you insert
letters instead of overtrike.

doskey /? [ENTER] produces a help file.

Also, you can use older programmes which have been written for MS-DOS.
Unfortunately, Microsoft has destroyed much of the older MS-DOS power,
but some of the older programmes still run (but not all!!).

A book on MS-DOS 6 may be cheaply available in a second hand
bookstore. Get it. Some of the DOS 6 commands may have changed, see
the Microsoft site cited above.

Windows with its graphic interface is mostly silly and childish. DOS
is much more user-friendl, albeit also more limited..


Good luck,

Rob van Albada, Amsterdam.

 

[Guest]

My command prompt window is small, only about 1/10 of the monitor screen
size. How can I tell the machine to size it larger so I can really work with
the material in it?

 

[Nepatsfan]

In

My command prompt window is small, only about 1/10 of the
monitor
screen size. How can I tell the machine to size it larger so
I can
really work with the material in it?

See if this helps;

Open a command prompt window.
Right click the Taskbar entry for the window and select
Properties from the menu.
Click on the Layout tab.
On the Layout page, change the values assigned to Width and
Height in the Window Size box . You should see the changes
reflected in the Window preview.
Click OK.
In the Apply Properties dialog that pops up, select "Save
properties for future windows with same title".
Note: If you launched the command prompt window from a shortcut
on your Start menu, you'll see the "Apply Properties to
Shortcut" dialog. Select "Modify shortcut that started this
window".
Click OK.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Terry]

On 4/10/2007 4:36 PM On a whim, richie_ishere pounded out on the keyboard

My command prompt window is small, only about 1/10 of the monitor screen
size. How can I tell the machine to size it larger so I can really work with
the material in it?

Hi Richie,

Right click on the little command window at the top left and select
Properties. From there you can change a lot of things.

--
Terry

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