Windows OS Basic CLI Commands Cheat Sheet

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Commands

Help or /? gets available commands, or displays help info for commands echo /?

echo prints following info to STDOUT echo hello world

type prints file contents to STDOUT type helloW​orl​d.txt

> redirect; sends output to file command > filename

>> append command >> filename

< type's filename and sends text to command command < filename

2> sends error message to file echpo 2> error.txt

| pipes output from left to right command1 | command 2

hostname displays hostname of system hostname

ver displays windows version ver

vol displays disk volume label and serial number vol

systeminfo config inform​ation for local or remote machine;includes service pack levels syste​minfo

set used to manage variables set

mySwee​tVa​ria​ble​=wh​atI​tEq​uals

cd "​change direct​ory​"; displays the name of current or changes directory cd c:\

dir "​dir​ect​ory​"; used to display contents of files and sub direct​ories of current working directory dir c:\myD​ire​ctory

mkdir/md make directory md

c:\myD​ire​cto​ry​\chi​ldD​ire​ctory

rmdir/rd remove directory rd

c:\myD​ire​cto​ry​\chi​ldD​ire​ctory

more prints to STDOUT, but one screen at a time more really​Lon​gTe​xt.txt

copy copies one or more files to another location copy file.txt

c:\new​Loc​ati​on​\fil​e.txt

xcopy copies files and filders xcopy c:\mis​pla​ced​Dir​ectory

c:\cor​rec​t\r​igh​tSp​otD​ire​ctory

move moves files from one folder till another move .\docu​men​t.txt
c:\doc​ume​nt.txt

ren/rename rename a file or files ren monday.txt Tuesday

del deletes one or more files del basura.txt

find search for a text string in a file & display all the lines where it is found find \I "hard to find text

findstr search for a text string in a file & display all the lines where it is found; supports regular findstr /r "​^[1​-9]​[0-​9]"
expres​sions sales.txt

attrib displays or changes files attributes if a file has the System or Hidden attribute set, you attrib +H +S
must clear that attribute before you can change any other attrib​utes makeMe​Hid​den​And​Sys​tem.txt

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 Windows OS Basic CLI Commands Cheat Sheet
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Commands (cont)

icacls change file and folder permis​sions - display or modify Access Control Lists (ACLs) for files and Read the Damned Help File
folders RTFM (Read The F@#$ing Manual)

fc compare the contents of two files or sets of files; display any lines which do NOT match fc fileOn​e.txt fileTw​o.txt

comp compare two files (or sets of files) ; display items that do not match comp fileOne fileTwo

shutdown shutdown or restart a computer shutdown /t 120

tasklist displays all running applic​ations and services with their Process ID (PID) This can be run on either tasklist /FI "​IMA​GENAME eq
a local or a remote computer Calcul​ato​r.e​xe"

sc Service Control - Create, Start, Stop, Query or Delete any Windows SERVICE. The command sc query type= driver RTFM
options for SC are case sensitive

net manage network resources net group "​adm​ini​str​ators'

/domain RTFM

ipconfig displays network adaptor inform​ation ipconfig /all

ping test a network connection - if succes​sful, ping returns the ip address ping -n 1 8.8.8.8

tracert "​tracer route" tracks path to destin​ation and counts hops (can also resolve ip addresses if used on tracert WRKST002
domain names)

netstat display current TCP/IP network connec​tions and protocol statistics netstat -a RTFM

time displays time time /T

date displays date date /T

Success and failures for commands are based on the Exit Code of the command.
In most cases the Exit Code is the same as the ErrorLevel
Numeric handles:

STDIN = 0 Keyboard input

STDOUT = 1 Text output
STDERR = 2 Error text output
UNDEFINED = 3-9

Make Macro For Answer Sheet Creation

doskey banner​=(echo. ^& echo *** Step $* *** ^& echo.) ^>​^> c:\loc​ati​on​\ans​wer​s.txt

MAKE SURE YOU PUT YOUR ANSWER FILE IN THE RIGHT PLACE

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