DOS/command line commands

[BriGy86]

i think having a thread with useful DOS commands would be a helpful thing to have

ones i know are-
ipconfig
nbtstat
nslookup
ftp
netstat
tracert
ping

ill edit and post more if i can remember some off hand

MS site

site with quick defenitions

[Oyeve]

Good old Edlin.

[BriGy86]

Originally posted by: Oyeve
Good old Edlin.

?

[Nothinman]

For the record it's not DOS anymore unless you're running Win9X or older.

[spherrod]

Originally posted by: Oyeve
Good old Edlin.

I hated Edlin!

[networkman]

Truename

[BriGy86]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
For the record it's not DOS anymore unless you're running Win9X or older.

thats why i put DOS/command line

[TheOtherMudit]

fdisk
format
command.com :-)
comspec ?

[shortylickens]

deltree
delete
erase
dosshell <-

[SectorZero]

dir >> lpt1

[CTho9305]

in 2k/xp cmd, F7 and F8 are very useful. the "FOR" command is actually fairly powerful, if convoluted.

[Nothinman]

actually fairly powerful, if convoluted.

That pretty much summarizes all of MS' CLI tools.

[Kniteman77]

My favorite is probably

tracert

Its just fun to watch

[Calin]

edit
dir
ren

and others

[Zugzwang152]

i've been doing a lot of regsvr32'ing lately at work to fix messed up SSL connections

[hopejr]

hmm, let's see, from when I was younger:
dir, del, ren, copy, move, format, unformat, qbasic or gwbasic or basica , edit, edlin, dosshell (5.x+ only), memmaker (ugh), mem, cd, mkdir or md, rmdir, deltree, type, autoexec (hehe), command, msd
There's more, but these were the only ones I could think of off the top of my head (these are ones that existed in DOS, not those added in WinNT that are listed by the OP).

[BriGy86]

so what are some of the ones you use most?

and what do they do?

i've been messing around with nslookup, to find IP's of google and such

netstat is good to see what your connections are (i was able to get the IP of a guy on AIM)

[SectorZero]

Remember the "submenu" command?
Used to make some cool menus in the Win3.11/Novel days

[cubby1223]

Run this:
%Windir%\Help\ntcmds.chm

This will show you all commands with instructions, so you don't have to reference a website. My favorite is of course: format c: /u

[Nothinman]

Frankly the windows CLI tools are terrible. Grab a copy of Knoppix or Gnoppix and boot into Linux, get a feel for what real CLI tools should be like. Sometimes even when the tools are the same the Windows ones find areas to suck in, like traceroute (tracert on Windows) on unix takes 0.5s to go 8 hops but on Windows that would take easily 10s.

[hopejr]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Frankly the windows CLI tools are terrible. Grab a copy of Knoppix or Gnoppix and boot into Linux, get a feel for what real CLI tools should be like. Sometimes even when the tools are the same the Windows ones find areas to suck in, like traceroute (tracert on Windows) on unix takes 0.5s to go 8 hops but on Windows that would take easily 10s.

[WebDude]

The solution to all your computer problems: fdisk (Too bad you don't get a do-over from scratch like that in real life.)

[Woodie]

xcopy, copy, ren, del /s, dir /s, telnet, ping, net use, net view, AT

I've forgotten far more than I remember...and I use the CLI on XP on a daily basis.
dir *.log /od is one of the more useful commands...much easier than Exploder.
del *.log /s is an interesting one too!

[Slaughter]

doskey baby. Gotta love finger saving commands.

[Monoman]

net send all the way!