Deinocheirus: Windows Console

Note: Here I unifily call "cmd.exe", "Windows Command line", "Command Prompt" "Terminal" as "Console", just to clear our sight.

Notes

The Windows Console cmd.exe, aka. command prompt is the interpreter of commands. It is case-insensitive, i.e. typing taskmgr and TaSkMgr has the same effect. Also taskmgr and taskmgr.exe are the same command.

Q&A List

1. Start command prompt in administrator mode:

Win+R > cmd > Ctrl + Shift + Enter

2. Set PATH environment variable

set PATH=%PATH%;"path/to/bin"

3. Start Task Manager

taskmgr.exe

4. View Windows system log

eventvwr

5. Remove matched directories

for /d %f in (Test_*) do rd %f /q

6. Print current user

whoami
echo %username%

7. Change user password in administrator mode

net [user] [password]

8. List all services

set

9. File and directory operations

mkdir temp
notepad foo
rename foo bar
ren bar foo
copy foo bar
move bar bar2
del bar2
cd ..\
del temp

10. Run vbscript from .bat

Prepare your .bat file like the following. ~%dp0 will expand to the path to your .bat file. pushd is to save that path.

@echo off
pushd %~dp0
cscript youvbsfile.vbs

System Programs

Generally, executable files under the %PATH% can be launched from console.

• control
• regedit
• services.msc
• mspaint
• notepad

List of Commands

• assign
• attrib
• backup
• break
• cd

change directory

• cd..

change to parent directory

• chdir
• chkdsk
• cls

clean screen

• cmd

start a command prompt

• color
• command
• comp
• copy
• ctty
• date
• defrag
• del
• deltree
• dir

list contents of a directory

• diskcomp
• diskcopy
• doskey
• echo
• edit
• edlin
• emm386
• erase
• exe2bin
• exit
• expand
• fastopen
• fc
• fdisk
• find
• for
• format
• goto
• graftabl
• help
• hexdump
• hostname
• if
• if not
• ipconfig
• join
• keyb
• label
• md
• mem
• mode
• more
• nomefile
• path
• pause
• print
• prompt
• rd
• recover
• rem
• ren

rename a file or directory

• replace
• restore
• rmdir

remove directory

• select
• set

set environment variables

• share
• shift
• sort
• subst
• sys
• time
• tree
• type
• undelete
• unformat
• ver
• verify
• vol
• xcopy
• [comando]/?