To operate at command prompt level, you need to know some commands.
1. help:
- First let me say that there is intrinsic help in the command prompt.
- If you’re not sure whether a certain command really exists or what it does or what switches there are to it.
2. dir:
- The dir command lists the contents of the current directory.
3. cd:
- To change directories lists the cd command.
4. mkdir:
- This one is used to make a directory, i.e. create a new directory.
- Type "mkdir name" to create a directory.
5. rmdir:
- To remove a directory use this command.
- Type "rmdir name" to remove a directory called name.
- Only empty directories can be removed.
6. driverquery:
- For a list of all drivers installed on your own computer, driverquery is the quickest solution.
7. ping:
- It is used to check an IP address and see whether the respective computer is online or responding, i.e whether network communication between you and that computer is possible.
8. systeminfo:
- The command to retrieve extensive information about your system, including windows serial number, computer model and available RAM.
9. assoc:
- It is display a full list of file extensions and programs they're connected with.
10. cipher:
- Deleting files on a mechanical hard drive doesn’t really delete them at all.
- Instead, it marks the files as no longer accessible and the space they took up as free.
- The files remain recoverable until they’re overwritten with new data, which can take some time.
11. netstat:
- Entering the command “netstat -an” will provide you with a list of currently open ports and related IP addresses.
12. pathping:
- This is a more advanced version of ping that’s useful if there are multiple routers between your PC and the device you’re testing.
13. tracert:
- The “tracert” command is similar to pathping.
- Unlike pathping, however, tracert also tracks how much time (in milliseconds) each hop between servers or devices takes.
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