Where's the command prompt documentation online?

[Philip Taron]

I know I found on the MS site a week ago a handy
documentation of the command prompt (cmd.exe) commands and
their various switches (WinXP/2000). I made the mistake
of not bookmarking the page, and now I can't find it for
the life of me.

Anyone have a link?

Thanks in advance,
Philip

 

[Nicholas]

Perform the following:

1. Right-click on your Desktop and select: NEW > SHORTCUT
2. In the Create Shortcut window, type in: HH.EXE , and click "Next"
3. In the next window, type in: Commands , and click "Finish"
4. A Command-Line Reference shortcut icon will appear on your Desktop.


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Nicholas

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| I know I found on the MS site a week ago a handy
| documentation of the command prompt (cmd.exe) commands and
| their various switches (WinXP/2000). I made the mistake
| of not bookmarking the page, and now I can't find it for
| the life of me.
|
| Anyone have a link?
|
| Thanks in advance,
| Philip

 

[Philip Taron]

Perhaps I wasn't as clear I should have been. I'm not
looking for the HTML help application, I'm looking for -
online- documentation of all the built-in cmd.exe commands.

In particular, I'm looking for documentation on the "for"
command.

Philip

 

[Lem]

Try for /? in a command window, or look here, the syntax should be the
same as it used to be: http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm#02

 

[Rob Schneider]

Perhaps I wasn't as clear I should have been. I'm not
looking for the HTML help application, I'm looking for -
online- documentation of all the built-in cmd.exe commands.

In particular, I'm looking for documentation on the "for"
command.

Philip

In a command prompt box (affectionately known as the "dos box"), type
"help for" to get quite a bit of material. Help works on all the
commands, far as I can tell.

I also recall seeing a Microsoft "show" and and associated PowerPoint
file with extensive discussion and further documentation about
automation using command prompt "commands". The point of the
presentation was to show how XP had the power of Unix/Linux in
automation like this. Like you, I thought I had a bookmark and even
kept a copy of the PPT ... but can't find it. You might like to look
around http://msdn.microsoft.com for this.

 

[Lem]

I did notice that the "for" command changed its behavior in Win95, and I
don't know whether the other link I gave you describes pre- or post-Win95
"for" syntax. See this MSKB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;134572

 

[Nicholas]

Microsoft Windows 2000 Command Reference
http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...sp?url=/windows2000/en/server/help/ntcmds.htm

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Nicholas

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| Perhaps I wasn't as clear I should have been. I'm not
| looking for the HTML help application, I'm looking for -
| online- documentation of all the built-in cmd.exe commands.
|
| In particular, I'm looking for documentation on the "for"
| command.
|
| Philip

 

[Barry R. Ford]

This method did not work for me. When I double-clicked the shortcut,
nothing happened. I tried making a shortcut to the hh.exe file in the
C:\WINDOWS directory, which did load a blank "html help application"
with a "page not found" error message.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...hNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/ntcmds.asp