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| How do you start a command prompt session in Windows XP? |
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| What is the command to see or update the time? |
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| What is the switch for the time command if you want to see the time but not be prompted to enter a new time? |
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| What is the command for seeing or changing the date? |
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| What is the DATE switch for seeing the date but without being prompted to change the date? |
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| What is the command to get a list of commands and a short explanation of what they do? |
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| What is the command to get a list of files and directories? |
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| What is the command to see what version of Windows you have? |
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| What is the command to clear the screen? |
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| What is the command to make an exact copy of a floppy disk? |
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| What is the command to make a copy of a disk in A: drive and make the copy also on A: drive? |
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| Can the DISKCOPY command copy disks of different sizes? |
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| What does a single dot (.) represent? |
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| The current directory. The directory that your prompt says. |
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| What do two dots (..) represent? |
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| The parent of your current directory |
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| How can you repeat the last command? |
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| What is the command to change to A: drive |
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| What is the command to change to C: drive |
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| What error message do you get when you type DIIR? |
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| If you are in the root of c: drive and you want a list of files and directories on a: drive, what command do you type? |
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| If you are on A: drive and you want to change to C:\WINDOWS with one command, what command do you type? |
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| What command and switch gives a list of files and directories in a wide list format? |
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| What command and switch gives a list of files and directories and pauses after each screen? |
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| What command and switches gives a list of files and directories in a wide list format and pauses after each screen? |
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| What is the DIR switch that shows hidden files? |
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| What is the DIR switch that shows hidden and read-only files |
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| What DIR switch sorts the output by name? |
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| What DIR switch sorts the output by name in reverse order? |
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| What DIR switch shows only directories? |
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| What DIR switch displays the output in lowercase? |
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| What command and switch displays files and directories including subdirectories? |
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| What DIR switch sorts the output by oldest dates first? |
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| What DIR switch sorts the output by the newest dates first? |
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| What DIR switches displays hidden files by newest dates first? |
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| What wildcard character is used to disregard only one character? |
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| What wildcard character is used to disregard 0 or more characters? |
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| What command displays only files with a txt extension? |
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| What command displays only files with a doc extension? |
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| What command displays only files that start with a d? |
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| What command displays only files that start with ron and end with an rtf extension? |
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| What command displays only files that have a filename of ron but with any extension? |
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| What command displays only files that end with a txt extension, start with ron and disregards the next single character? |
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What is the difference between
DIR ron?.txt and
DIR ron?*.txt |
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DIR ron?.txt shows files that have a name of 4 characters, the first 3 are ron, and all end with txt
DIR ron?*.txt shows files that start with ron and could have many characters prior to the txt extension |
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| What is the symbol for redirecting the output away from the screen to another location such as a file |
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| How do you redirect the output of the DIR command into a file called readme.txt? |
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| What is the output of the following command: DIR C:\ > README.TXT |
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| The output of the DIR command on the root of C: drive goes into a file called readme.txt |
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| What is the command to get a list of all of the files on c: drive and put the output into a file called allfiles.txt? |
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DIR c:\ /s > allfiles.txt
dir c:\ lists files on the root of c
/s switch goes into the subfolders
> allfiles.txt sends the output here |
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| How do you get a list of commands and a brief description of each command? |
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| What are two ways to get help on the DIR command? |
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| What is the command to format a floppy disk on A: drive? |
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| What is the command to perform a quick format on a floppy disk on A: drive? |
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| How do you get help on the format command? |
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| If you are on the root of C: drive, what command do you use to find where format.com is located? |
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| What command formats a floppy disk on a: drive and gives it a volume label of ron? |
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| What command displays the disk volume label? |
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| What is the command to create, change or delete a volume label? |
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| How do you change the label of a floppy disk on a: drive to say ron without formatting the disk? |
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