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Command Prompt Introduction

Use the command prompt to manipulate files.

Command Prompt

To open command prompt…

• Windows 98, 98SE & ME
  Click on Start --> Run type command
• Windows NT, 2000, XP
  Click on Start --> Run type cmd

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Copy files...

copy *.* c:\downloads

• copy all files from the current directory to c:\downloads
  

Move files...

move *.doc c:\mydocu~1

• move all .doc files from the current directory to c:\My Documents

Deltree...

deltree c:\directory

• remove c:\directory and all it’s files and sub-directories
  

Dir...

dir c:\windows

• give a listing of all the files under c:\windows

dir c:\windows /s

• give a listing of all the files under c:\windows and all it's subdirectories

dir c:\windows\system > dir.txt

• output the dir command to a file called dir.txt in your current directory (advanced)

dir /p

• press the Spacebar to advance to the next page of the directory listing.

dir /w

• list the files in wide format (can be used with /p)

dir | more

• another way of getting a page by page list (use pipes | to link commands) (advanced)

set dircmd=/o:e

• this will sort the results of dir by extension (/o:e = sort by extension; /o:d = sort by date; /o:n = sort by filename)
• add this line to autoexec.bat to make it permanent (run sysedit to change that)