Before Graphical User Interfaces, operating a computer was done via text based commands and prompts. MS-DOS was an operating system which seemed to just sit waiting, its cursor blinking, eager for a line of input from the user who would first have to know what could be done and second, how exactly to go about doing it. Unlike a modern OS which is today designed to feel intuitive, like some comfy room in your house, navigating folders in MS-DOS was too logically order your way through hierarchical paths and while for most, Control Panel settings windows are even perhaps one step too far into the dark basement of options and configurations, useful is it to know the command prompt window which is still commonly used by IT professionals to troubleshoot issues.
Before Graphical User Interfaces, operating a computer was done via text based commands and prompts. MS-DOS was an operating system which seemed to just sit waiting, its cursor blinking, eager for a line of input from the user who would first have to know what could be done and second, how exactly to go about doing it. Unlike a modern OS which is today designed to feel intuitive, like some comfy room in your house, navigating folders in MS-DOS was too logically order your way through hierarchical paths and while for most, Control Panel settings windows are even perhaps one step too far into the dark basement of options and configurations, useful is it to know the command prompt window which is still commonly used by IT professionals to troubleshoot issues.
Below is a list of some Windows Commands…
DIRECTORY ACCESS & NAVIGATION
o
DIR
View Drive
Directory
o
TREE
Displays
Directory Listings
o
CD
C:\
Access C
Directory.
o
CD
C:\users\username\desktop
Access Path.
o
CD..
To go back one
Directory.
o
CD\
Go to the Root
of the Drive.
o
CHDIR
Synonymous with
CD.
o
MD Test
Create a
(Test) directory within the current
Directory.
o
MKDIR “Paris Holiday”
Creates a
(Paris Holiday) directory.
Quotation
Marks required for a file name with a space.
o
MD C:\Barcelona
Creates the
(Barcelona) directory within the C Drive.
FILE OPTIONS
o
COPY
Galway.txt C:\users\username\desktop
Move
(Galway.txt) File to Desktop.
First ensure
your within the correct directory.
o
RENAME
Galway.txt BALLINDOOLEY.TXT
Rename (Galway.txt)
File.
o
MOVE
Ballindooley.txt C:\users\username\libraries\documents
To transfer
(Ballindooley.txt) File into the Documents Folder.
o
DEL Ballindooley.txt
Delete
(Ballindooley.txt) File when within current Directory.
o
DEL C:\ users\username\libraries\documents\Ballindooley.txt
Delete
(Ballindooley.txt) File.
o
COPY CON Rome.txt
Create
(Rome.txt) within Directory.
o
FIND/?
Find Options
List.
o
FIND “colosseum” Rome.txt
Search for
word within document.
o
ATTRIB +h Rome.txt
Makes
(Rome.txt) File hidden.
ATTRIB –h
Rome.txt
o
ATTRIB +r
Rome.txt
Makes
(Rome.txt) File Read-Only.
ATTRIB
–r Rome.txt
o
ATTRIB/?
Attributes
Option List.
NETWORKING
o IPCONFIG
Display
Network Settings.
o
IPCONFIG /ALL
Display Detailed Configuration
Data.
o
IPCONFIG /RELEASE
Release IPv4
address.
o
IPCONFIG /RENEW
Renew IPv4
address.
o
IPCONFIG /DISPLAYDNS
Display
contents of the DNS Resolver Cache.
o
ARP –A
Display
all ARP entries.
o
NBTSTAT
Displays
Protocol Statistics
o
PING <ip address>
Utility to
check for errors on the network
o
TRACERT <ip address>
Examine the
path of Packets in-transit
o
NETSTAT
Display Local
Network Information
o
HOSTNAME
Display
Computer Hostname
MISC
o
CLS
Clear Screen
o
CHKDSK
Check Drive
for errors
o
DEFRAG
Disk
Defragment Utility
o
DISKPART
Disk Partition
o
LOCK C:
Lock Drive
o
LOGOFF
Computer
Log-off
o
ROBOCOPY
Copy Files,
Drives & Directories
o
SYSTEMINFO
Display System
Information
o
TIME 11:13
Change Time
(11:13)
o
START http://www.testexample.com/
Open Web Page
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DOS COMMAND
|
LINUX COMMAND
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|
CD
|
CD
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CHDIR
|
PWD
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|
DIR
|
LS
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MKDIR
|
MKDIR
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CLS
|
CLEAR
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FORMAT
|
MKE2FS or MFORMAT
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COPY
|
CP
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EDIT
|
VIM
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|
MOVE
|
MV
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