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DOS/command line commands

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