Command Line Tricks
Because I'm a closet Unix-o-sexual!!
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6/30/2006 @ 8:51 PM
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I am a self confessed Command Line Junkie. Here are a few tricks I use commonly that I can think off the top of my head.
1. Find a file on your hard disk - (This beats the Search doggie in Windows) dir filename /s
2. Find a file on your hard disk without all the directory info goo - dir filename /s/b
3. Create a list of files, say your MP3s to share with a friend? (disclaimer: don't do this piracy crap) dir *.mp3 /b > filelist.txt
3. Find a directory - dir dirname /s /ad
4. Move between directories easily C:\Documents and Settings\Sahil Malik>pushd . C:\Documents and Settings\Sahil Malik>cd \ C:\>popd C:\Documents and Settings\Sahil Malik>
5. A better prompt for PushD and PopD via Craig Andrea.
6. Hit Tab for directory/filename compleition
7. Press F7 for a previous command list. User Cursor keys to select the command you need.
8. View all environment variables SET
9. View only system variables that start with W Set W
10. View a particular env. variable ECHO %WINDIR%
11. Find what process has opened what port netstat -noa
12. Widen your command prompt. mode 120,100
13. View your TCP/IP settings. netsh interface ip show config
14. Weird looking colors color 8f
15. Find a string in a list of files, for example "Foo" in all .cs files in your project tree: findstr /i /s "foo" *.cs
(You might know that the windows search doggie does an awful job at search thru files, I think it just ignores files with recognized extensions, so .cs will be ignored YUK).
16. refresh the netbios nametables: nbtstat -R
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8/5/2006 11:13:59 AM
SRK
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Very useful mate !
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11/21/2006 2:59:17 PM
Mike P
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In another discussion at the site , you made the following comment:
p{color:black;} I am a self confessed Command Line Junkie. Here are a few tricks I use commonly that I can think off the top of my head. 1. Find a file on your hard disk - (This beats the Search doggie in ...
Can you tell me what you mean by "p{color:black;}"? I'd really like to have a different color for my prompt (and only the prompt), but I haven't been able to figure it out. I'm wondering if this might be a solution, although I'm not clear on how/where to insert that syntax.
Thanks, Mike
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11/21/2006 3:00:16 PM
Mike P
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I forgot to add the link to the other discussion. Here it is:
http://pluralsight.com/blogs/craig/archive/2005/01/12/4923.aspx
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11/22/2006 1:46:12 PM
Sahil Malik
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Mike - I'm not sure if I understand your Q.
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5/12/2008 11:30:38 AM
Tikoro
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Mike: the p{color:black} was a piece of CSS that was not put in the right place to be interpreted by your browser. It is not DOS syntax..it is used to styling the output display of a webpage.
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9/15/2008 5:07:15 PM
Dennis
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Very very cool... just what I needed, thanks!
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12/9/2008 8:21:43 PM
Anonymous
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Pfft. DOS isn't a command line, it's a children's toy. Ever try BASH? ZSH? You Windows sufferers are so clueless about the alternatives. You can't even do that many nifty tricks with the Windows command line.
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12/25/2008 1:35:42 AM
SomeDude
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DOS is for pansies
Bash, Cshell those are command lines
DOS is like the retarded offspring of an 4th generation alabama cousin couple
wait wat
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