The Windows command line is one of the most convenient tools for interacting with the operating system of a computer, providing the user with an alternative method of performing operations for viewing the contents of folders, copying, deleting and moving information.
Instructions
Step 1
Click the "Start" button to bring up the main menu of the system and go to the "Run" item to initiate the launch of the command line tool.
Step 2
Enter cmd in the Open field and click OK to confirm the command.
Step 3
Use the following commands to control the command line tool itself:
- cls - clean up the command line;
- cmd - launch a copy of the command line;
- color - selection of color display of the background and command line text;
- prompt - edit the text prompt of the command line;
- title - select the window title for the current command line session;
- exit - exits the command line tool.
Step 4
Enter the following value in the command line field to obtain system information data:
- driverquery - display the properties and current state of the driver of the selected device;
- systeminfo - show system data and computer configuration;
- ver - display information about the current version of the operating system.
Step 5
Change the required system parameters using the following commands:
- date - the ability to edit the current date;
- schtasks - the ability to create a schedule for launching programs or executing commands;
- shutdown - shutdown of the computer 8
- taskkill - forced termination of the selected program or process;
- time - the ability to edit system time data.
Step 6
The main values of the command line commands are usually called the following:
- copy - copy the file;
- del - delete a file;
- fc - compare files;
- find - find a text value in the selected file;
- md - create a folder;
- move - move the file;
- print - print the selected file;
- rd - delete the selected folder;
- ren - rename the file;
- replace - replace the file.
