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Windows Command Line Commands
List of commands and their meanings for Windows command line language.
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Computer Science
Undergraduate 1
02/05/2013

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pwd
Definition
print working directory
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hostname
Definition
my computer's network name
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mkdir
Definition
make directory
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cd
Definition
change directory
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ls
Definition
list directory
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rmdir
Definition
remove/delete directory
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pushd
Definition
push directory (saves the current working directory in memory so it can be returned to at any time, optionally changing to a new directory)
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popd
Definition

pop directory

(returns to the path at the top of the directory stack)

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cp
Definition
copy a file or directory
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robocopy
Definition
robust copy
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mv
Definition
move a file or directory
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more
Definition
page through a file (view, but not modify, the contents of a text file one screen at a time)
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type
Definition
print the whole file
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forfiles
Definition
run a command on lots of files
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dir -r
Definition
find files
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select-string
Definition
find things inside files
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help
Definition
read a manual page
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helpctr
Definition
starts Help and Support Center; used without parameters, opens  the Help and Support Center homepage
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echo
Definition
print some arguments
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set
Definition
display/export/set a new environment variable
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exit
Definition
exit the shell
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runas
Definition
allows a user to run specific tools and programs with different permissions than the current logon provides
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attrib
Definition
change permission modifiers
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iCACLS
Definition
change ownership
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