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Standard Windows Commands and Their Outputs

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File Operations

  • dir: List directory contents 
  C:\> dir
  2023-08-11  10:00 AM    <DIR>          dir1
  2023-08-11  09:58 AM                20 file1.txt
  2023-08-11  09:59 AM                30 file2.txt
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  • cd: Print working directory 
  C:\> cd
  C:\Users\user
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Text Operations

  • type: Display file content 
  C:\> type file1.txt
  This is the content of file1.
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  • more: Display the beginning of a file (Windows doesn't have an exact equivalent to head, but more can be used to view the contents) 
  C:\> more file1.txt
  First line of the file.
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  • more: Display the end of a file (Again, Windows doesn't have an exact tail equivalent, but you can scroll through with more) 
  C:\> more file1.txt
  Last line of the file.
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System Information

  • systeminfo: Display system information (This provides a lot of information, more than uname -a in Linux) 
  C:\> systeminfo
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  • wmic OS get FreePhysicalMemory,TotalVisibleMemorySize /Value: Display memory usage (This is a bit more complex in Windows compared to Linux's free) 
  C:\> wmic OS get FreePhysicalMemory,TotalVisibleMemorySize /Value
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Networking

  • ping: Test network connection 
  C:\> ping google.com
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Miscellaneous

  • echo: Display a line of text 
  C:\> echo Hello, World!
  Hello, World!
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  • doskey /history: Display command history (This might not capture all history like Linux's history command, but it's the closest built-in command) 
  C:\> doskey /history
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