Windows Command Prompt- A to N by Prometheus MMS - HTML preview

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List of Commands

 

ARP - Displays and modifies the IP-to-Physical address translation tables used by address resolution protocol (ARP).

ASSOC - Displays or modifies file extension associations

ATTRIB - Displays or changes file attributes.

BREAK - Sets or Clears Extended CTRL+C checking on 0DOS system

BCDEDIT - Boot Configuration Data Store Editor

CACLS -  - Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files NOTE: Cacls is now deprecated, please use Icacls.

CALL - Calls one batch program from another.

CD - Displays the name of or changes the current directory.

CHCP - Specifies a code page number

CHDIR - Displays the name of or changes the current directory

CHKDSK - Checks a disk and displays a status report

CHKNTFS - Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time

CLEANMGR - Disk cleanup

CLIP - Redirects output of command line tools to the Windows clipboard.

This text output can then be pasted into other programs

CLS - Clears the screen

FTYPE - To get specific details, type commandname /? to view the specifics

COMP - Compares the contents of two files or sets of files

COMPACT - Displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS partitions

COPY - Copies one or more files to another location

DATE - Displays or sets the date

DEFRAG - Optimizes and defragments files on local volumes to improve system performance

DEL - Deletes one or more files

DIR - Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory

DISKCOMP - Compares the contents of two floppy disks

DISKCOPY - Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another

DISKPART - Disk Partition

DOSKEY - Edits command lines, recalls Windows commands, and creates macros

ECHO - Displays messages, or turns command-echoing on or off

ENDLOCAL - Ends localization of environment changes in a batch file

ERASE - Deletes one or more files

EXIT - Quits the CMD.EXE program (command interpreter) or the current batch script

EXPAND - Expands one or more compressed files

FC - Compares two files or sets of files and displays the differences between them

FIND - Searches for a text string in a file or files

FINDSTR - Searches for strings in files

FOR - Runs a specified command for each file in a set of files

FORFILES - Selects a file (or set of files) and executes a command on that file. This is helpful for batch jobs

FORMAT - Formats a disk for use with Windows

FSUTIL - Commands Supported

FTP - Transfers files to and from a computer running an FTP server service (sometimes called a daemon). Ftp can be used interactively

FTYPE - Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations

GOTO - Directs cmd.exe to a labeled line in a batch program

HELP - Provides help information for Windows commands

IF - Performs conditional processing in batch programs

LABEL - Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk

IPCONFIG - IP configuration

LOGOFF - Terminates a session

MD - Creates a directory

MKLINK - Creates a symbolic link

MODE - Configures system devices

MORE - Displays output one screen at a time

MOUNTVOL - Creates, deletes, or lists a volume mount point.

MOVE - Moves files and renames files and directories

MSG - Send a message to a user

MSIEXEC - Windows installer

MSTSC - Create connections to terminal servers or other remote computers,edits an existing Remote desktop connection configuration file

NET - Used to manage File Shares, Printer Shares and Sessions

NETSH - Either locally or remotely, display or modify the network

NBTSTAT - Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP