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Windows Command Line
Commands and switch options
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The path that contains the root directory and all sub directories that contain a file or directory. Also may be referred to as the file path and full path. | Absolute Path |
| A portion of the Absolute Path, "relative to where you are" in the directory structure. | Relative Path |
| Win2k system root is located where? | C:\WINNT |
| WinXP system root is located where? | C:\WINDOWS |
| Directory Attributes A, R, H, S, C, and E stand for what? | Archive, Read Only, Hidden, System, Compression, Encryption |
| Copies the original file/directory with the intention of creating a duplicate of it elsewhere. The original file is left intact. | Copy |
| Same as a copy operation, but the orginal file//derectory is deleted, leaving only the duplicate in its new location. | Move |
| Three types of User Accounts | Built In-Administrator and Guest, Local-authenticated by local machine maintained in the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) Domain- authenticated by the Domain Controller, maintained in the Active Directory. |
| 6 Basic NTFS permissions | Read, Write, Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, Modify, Full Control |
| Address of your system on the network | IP Address |
| The subnet bits used to define the network protion of your IP address. Similar to a zip code | Subnet Mask |
| Address of a layer three device, on your network, used to access other networks, this is usually a router. | Default Gateway |
| How to get help | /? or help |
| Display or Change time | "time" to display and change "time /t" to display only |
| Clear the screen | CLS |
| Display the windows version | VER |
| Quit the command line | exit |
| Title a window | Title (followed by what the title should be) |
| Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory. | DIR or DIR/A:(what attribute to include) |
| Displays the name of or changes the current directory. | CD or CHDIR |
| Creates a Directory | MD or MKDIR |
| Copies one of more files to another location. | COPY |
| Copies files and directory trees. | XCOPY |
| Moves files and renames files and directories | MOVE |
| Removes (deletes) a directory | RD or RMDIR |
| Deletes one or more files | DEL or ERASE |
| Graphically displays the folder structure of a drive or path. | TREE can be used with > to redirect the results to a file. Ex: C:\>tree /f /a > information.txt |
| Displays the contents of a text file or files | Type |
| Searches for a text string in a file or files | FIND "string" |
| Displays or modifies access control lists of files | CACLS |
| Displays or changes file attributes | ATTRIB [+R|-R] [+A|-A] etc |
| MS-DOS editor | EDIT |
| Displays the I address, subnet mask and default gateway for each adapter bound to TCP/IP | ipconfig |
| enables a user to verify that a particular IP address exists and is receiving network traffic. | PING |
| Displays the current date, without prompting for a new one | Date /t |