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Important Commands for Windows CMD
To get into the root of any drive letter use “\”
To change directory use - cd directory_name
To make directory use - mkdir directory_name or md directory_name
To display the current directory use or change the directory - chdir and chdir
directory_name
For clearing the screen use - cls
To display or changes the file attributes use - attrib
For starting a new instance of the windows command interpreter - cmd
Comparing the contents of two or more files use - comp filenames
Set the default console foreground and background color - color ; and to change it
accordingly use the code - color -help and from the list choose the color value. Lets
suppose, code is - “color 70” it means the the first number or letter is for background
color and second for the foreground color.
To copy one or more files to any destination use - copy filename destination path
To display and set the date use - date
To display and set the time use - time
Delete one or more files use - del or erase
Delete or remove the directory use - rd or rmdir
To view the list of files and subdirectories - dir
Displays the configuration of disk partition- diskpart
To close the cmd shell - exit
To inter and exit from the full screen - alt + enter
To present the graphical structure of drive and directory- tree
Displays the content of text file - type filename
To display computer information- systeminfo
To display windows version - ver
To copy directory trees and files - xcopy
To shutdown the computer - shutdown
To restart- restart
To replace files - replace
To rename any file - ren and rename
To format any drive or disk - format drive/disk letter
To move files from one directory to another directory use - move
Creation of multi line files - copy con
Empty file - type null > filename
To display any message and create a single line file - echo
To search any text into any file - find