Question:
What amazing things can you do in command prompt? I heard that you can detect viruses there?
anonymous
2008-11-03 06:24:47 UTC
Can anyone give me a list of additional things that i can do in command prompt that i can't do otherwise and instructions on how to do them.
(Student ITC)
Nine answers:
MH
2008-11-03 06:46:11 UTC
You can do all sorts of things from the command prompt. (depending on your OS) load software, write scripts, search for files. I built a web server on linux with apache and php entirely from the command prompt.

Here are a few links to windows and linux commands

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc778084.aspx

http://smallvoid.com/article/winnt-command-prompt-reference.html

http://oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/book/appe_01.html

http://linuxcommand.org/writing_shell_scripts.php
Lorenzo
2016-08-23 07:57:48 UTC
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anonymous
2008-11-03 06:56:55 UTC
Technically the command prompt can't do most of the things people have said in here. The main function of the command prompt is to allow the user to create processes, that's it. The only additional feature a command prompt can do AFAIK is edit and create environment variables.



Can the command prompt detect a virus? No, but it can start the process that detects the virus.



Can the command prompt find your IP address? No, but it can start the process that finds your IP address.



Of course I'm being very pedantic here but so are computers.
Jigs1_69
2008-11-03 07:34:56 UTC
For more information on a specific command, type HELP command-name

ASSOC Displays or modifies file extension associations.

AT Schedules commands and programs to run on a computer.

ATTRIB Displays or changes file attributes.

BREAK Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking.

CACLS Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files.

CALL Calls one batch program from another.

CD Displays the name of or changes the current directory.

CHCP Displays or sets the active 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.

CLS Clears the screen.

CMD Starts a new instance of the Windows command interpreter.

COLOR Sets the default console foreground and background colors.

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

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

CONVERT Converts FAT volumes to NTFS. You cannot convert the

current drive.

COPY Copies one or more files to another location.

DATE Displays or sets the date.

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.

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).

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.

FORMAT Formats a disk for use with Windows.

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

GOTO Directs the Windows command interpreter to a labeled line in a

batch program.

GRAFTABL Enables Windows to display an extended character set in graphics

mode.

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.

MD Creates a directory.

MKDIR Creates a directory.

MODE Configures a system device.

MORE Displays output one screen at a time.

MOVE Moves one or more files from one directory to another directory.

PATH Displays or sets a search path for executable files.

PAUSE Suspends processing of a batch file and displays a message.

POPD Restores the previous value of the current directory saved by PUSHD.

PRINT Prints a text file.

PROMPT Changes the Windows command prompt.

PUSHD Saves the current directory then changes it.

RD Removes a directory.

RECOVER Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk.

REM Records comments (remarks) in batch files or CONFIG.SYS.

REN Renames a file or files.

RENAME Renames a file or files.

REPLACE Replaces files.

RMDIR Removes a directory.

SET Displays, sets, or removes Windows environment variables.

SETLOCAL Begins localization of environment changes in a batch file.

SHIFT Shifts the position of replaceable parameters in batch files.

SORT Sorts input.

START Starts a separate window to run a specified program or command.

SUBST Associates a path with a drive letter.

TIME Displays or sets the system time.

TITLE Sets the window title for a CMD.EXE session.

TREE Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or path.

TYPE Displays the contents of a text file.

VER Displays the Windows version.

VERIFY Tells Windows whether to verify that your files are written

correctly to a disk.

VOL Displays a disk volume label and serial number.

XCOPY Copies files and directory trees.
anonymous
2014-08-07 01:55:39 UTC
The first thing to do to speed up pc and get rid of malwares and viruses is cleaning the registry with a program like CCLeaner http://bitly.com/UrAOnd

It works like a charm.

Best
tonyinspain
2008-11-03 07:34:53 UTC
here try this one

dir/w/p =shoes all your directories on c:/

all computers were run in either dos,dr dos,ms dos the latter was the for runner of win 95 its a great story gates bought dos off a man that invented it for a song and hey presto richest man on earth
anonymous
2008-11-03 06:35:51 UTC
You can check you IP address(ipconfig)

or

You can check your MAC address(ipconfig /all)

You can find out what route you have to take to get to a website like google.com (tracert google.com)
gary p
2008-11-03 07:08:49 UTC
you can indeed detect a virus useing netstat cmd
anonymous
2008-11-03 06:43:25 UTC
Here's something you can do...



your own homework.


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