cmd.exe, a.k.a. Command Prompt, is a shell program on later versions of Windows (NT and CE families), OS/2,, eComStation, ArcaOS, and ReactOS. In some...
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Environment variable (redirect from Dynamic environment variable (CMD))
DOS, OS/2 and Windows command-line interpreters such as COMMAND.COM and CMD.EXE, an environment variable is retrieved by placing a % sign before and after...
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Batch file (redirect from CMD (file format))
them. When a batch file is run, the shell program (usually COMMAND.COM or cmd.exe) reads the file and executes its commands, normally line-by-line. Unix-like...
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Command-line interface (redirect from CMD-line interface)
etc.), CP/M's CCP, DOS' COMMAND.COM, as well as the OS/2 and the Windows CMD.EXE programs, the latter groups being based heavily on DEC's RSX-11 and RSTS...
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Help (command) (redirect from HELP.EXE)
help is a command in various command line shells such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, Bash, qshell, 4DOS/4NT, Windows PowerShell, Singularity shell, Python...
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COMMAND.COM (redirect from Command.exe)
[citation needed] COMMAND.COM's successor on OS/2 and Windows NT systems is cmd.exe, although COMMAND.COM is available in virtual DOS machines on IA-32 versions...
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CP/K and K8918-OS, CMD is the filename extension used by CP/M-style executable programs. It corresponds to COM in CP/M-80 and EXE in DOS. The same extension...
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(Windows NT stream and third-party derivatives like 4NT—article is at cmd.exe), and mainframe operating systems are associated with a number of terms...
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Windows Console (redirect from Conhost.exe)
to it by conagent.exe running in a DOS VM that are also used for real DOS applications by hooking the keyboard interrupt. conagent.exe then calls Vcond...
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TIME (command) (section OS/2 (CMD.EXE))
is included in command-line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, 4DOS, 4OS2 and 4NT. The command is also available in the Motorola VERSAdos...
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DOSKEY (redirect from DOSKEY.EXE)
macro functionality, and improved editing features to the COMMAND.COM and cmd.exe command-line interpreter shells. The command was included as a...
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executable files, shared and dynamically linked libraries CMD file (CP/M) Windows Installer files (msi) ".EXE File Extension". FileInfo - The File Extensions Database...
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List of DOS commands (redirect from INTERLNK.EXE)
Other DOS variants as well as the legacy Windows shell, Command Prompt (cmd.exe), provide many of these commands. Many other DOS variants are informally...
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Start (command) (redirect from Start.exe)
of the IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows and ReactOS command-line interpreter cmd.exe (and some versions of COMMAND.COM) to start programs or batch files or...
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default shell in Windows 9x, available in 32-bit NT-based Windows via NTVDM cmd.exe, successor of COMMAND.COM in OS/2 and Windows NT systems, a.k.a. Command...
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directory names only. cmd.exe /F:ON enables file and directory name completion characters (^F and ^D by default). Use cmd.exe /? for more information...
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Windows Script Host (redirect from Wscript.exe)
SaxBasic, BasicScript, KiXtart, awk, bash, csh and other Unix shells, 4NT, cmd.exe (the Windows NT shell), Windows PowerShell, DCL, C, C++, Fortran and others...
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Ver (command) (redirect from Winver.exe)
command in various command-line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe and 4DOS/4NT. It prints the name and version of the operating system, the...
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Permitting cmd.exe to execute would be an error caused by a failure to canonicalize the filename to the simplest representation, C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe, and...
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0 onwards. It is loaded by default in the command line host "powershell.exe" since v5.0. Take Command Console (TCC) offers syntax highlighting in the...
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interpreter, which is by default COMMAND.COM in DOS, Windows 95, 98, and ME or CMD.EXE in OS/2 and Windows NT. The variable name is written in all-uppercase under...
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through OS2SS.EXE and OS2.EXE, and DOSCALLS.DLL. OS2.EXE is a version of the OS/2 shell (CMD.EXE), which passes commands down to the OS2SS.EXE, and input-output...
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shells, as well as in the Microsoft Windows command line interpreters cmd.exe and Windows PowerShell, the working directory can be changed by using the...
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Windows PowerShell. In comparison, however, few filters are built into cmd.exe (the original command-line interface of Windows), most of which have significant...
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syntax defined as stated above without any additions. COMMAND.COM and cmd.exe have most of the common syntax with some limitations: There is no […] and...
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executable program. The ftype command was introduced as a shell builtin to cmd.exe with the release of Windows NT 4.0. It lists all Registry keys in HKEY...
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NTLDR (redirect from OSLOADER.EXE)
(/SAFEBOOT:MINIMAL(ALTERNATESHELL) /SOS /BOOTLOG /NOGUIBOOT) – Default mode, except that Cmd.exe starts instead of Windows Explorer. Windows in Directory Services Restore...
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format. In Windows NT-based operating systems, the command prompt applet (cmd.exe) accepts long filenames with wildcard characters (question mark ? and asterisk...
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Cabinet (file format) (redirect from MAKECAB.EXE)
March 2013. "cabextract". "[Undocumented] [Bugs] Expand.exe (more about it) (Page 1) / Windows CMD Shell / SS64 Forum". ss64.org. Retrieved 21 April 2018...
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