5 Windows Command Prompt Tricks You Probably Don’t Know

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On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:03:30 -0400, Big Steel wrote:

> <http://www.howtogeek.com/119386/5-windows-command-prompt-tricks-you-probably-dont-know/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=300712>

I thought I knew cmd. Oh well :-)

The 5 tips and some of the replies are good stuff, new to me.

Thanks.

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:03:30 -0400, "Big Steel" <>
wrote in article <>...
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A note about using && for multiple commands - the subsequent command(s)
only execute if the previous command was successful. To run each
command regardless if the previous succeeds or fails, use a single &.
To run the subsequent command only if the previous fails, use ||.


Another fun tip - tab completion for file and directory names. Start
typing a file name or directory name, then hit tab. It will show the
first file / directory that exactly matches what you've typed so far.
If there is more than one match, tab will cycle through the matches.
If there are no matches, tab will not do anything.

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Zaphod

"The best Bang since the Big One" - Eccentrica Gallumbits

On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 14:46:07 -0400, Zaphod Beeblebrox
<> wrote:

>On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:03:30 -0400, "Big Steel" <>
>wrote in article <>...
>>
>> <http://www.howtogeek.com/119386/5-windows-command-prompt-tricks-you-probably-dont-know/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=300712>
>
>A note about using && for multiple commands - the subsequent command(s)
>only execute if the previous command was successful. To run each
>command regardless if the previous succeeds or fails, use a single &.
>To run the subsequent command only if the previous fails, use ||.
>
>
>Another fun tip - tab completion for file and directory names. Start
>typing a file name or directory name, then hit tab. It will show the
>first file / directory that exactly matches what you've typed so far.
>If there is more than one match, tab will cycle through the matches.
>If there are no matches, tab will not do anything.

Useful tips, thanks.

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Char Jackson

On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:03:30 -0400, Big Steel <>
wrote:

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Useful, but the article does not state which version they are
for. Presumably, it is meant for 7. Some of the tips work on XP;
some do not.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:41:33 -0700, Gene Wirchenko <>
wrote:

>On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:03:30 -0400, Big Steel <>
>wrote:
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>><http://www.howtogeek.com/119386/5-windows-command-prompt-tricks-you-probably-dont-know/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=300712>
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> Useful, but the article does not state which version they are
>for. Presumably, it is meant for 7. Some of the tips work on XP;
>some do not.

No one uses XP anymore. ;-)

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Char Jackson

On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:26:56 -0500, Char Jackson <>
wrote:

>On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:41:33 -0700, Gene Wirchenko <>
>wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:03:30 -0400, Big Steel <>
>>wrote:
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>>><http://www.howtogeek.com/119386/5-windows-command-prompt-tricks-you-probably-dont-know/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=300712>
>>
>> Useful, but the article does not state which version they are
>>for. Presumably, it is meant for 7. Some of the tips work on XP;
>>some do not.
>
>No one uses XP anymore. ;-)

It is my main system. My 7 box is for some development.

I really like to see things properly labelled with a version or a
date. Some day, that page will be out of date.

Imagine reading "We had a wonderful summer vacation in
NiceItalianVillage. We found out that they will be having their 500th
anniversary celebration next year. We are coming back for it." If it
is undated, you do not know if the celebration is upcoming or a
memory. Too many Web pages do not have date or version information.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 11:33:34 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>
> On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:03:30 -0400, Big Steel wrote:
>
> > <http://www.howtogeek.com/119386/5-windows-command-prompt-tricks-you-probably-dont-know/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=300712>
>
> I thought I knew cmd. Oh well :-)
>
> The 5 tips and some of the replies are good stuff, new to me.

I knew all but the first; I didn't know that "clip" was a device
usable in that way. Thanks to you and the OP for making me look. :-)

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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

On 8/2/2012 2:33 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:03:30 -0400, Big Steel wrote:
>
>> <http://www.howtogeek.com/119386/5-windows-command-prompt-tricks-you-probably-dont-know/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=300712>
>
> I thought I knew cmd. Oh well :-)
>
> The 5 tips and some of the replies are good stuff, new to me.
>
> Thanks.
>

Yeah I didn't know them either. I mainly program, and I go to the
Command Prompt when needed. I get emails from How-2-Geek all the time a
lot of nice tidbits on Windows and other O/S(s).

On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 22:46:17 -0400, Stan Brown wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 11:33:34 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:03:30 -0400, Big Steel wrote:
>>
>>> <http://www.howtogeek.com/119386/5-windows-command-prompt-tricks-you-probably-dont-know/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=300712>
>>
>> I thought I knew cmd. Oh well :-)
>>
>> The 5 tips and some of the replies are good stuff, new to me.
>
> I knew all but the first; I didn't know that "clip" was a device
> usable in that way. Thanks to you and the OP for making me look. :-)

Part of why I posted is that I thought people would like to know that
the link was valid.

If it wasn't valid, I would have posted something different, I guess :-)

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)