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Self-tutoring about the Windows command prompt: the tutor mentions its treatment of double vs single quotes. In many computer languages, double or single quotes are interchangeable or else give similar effect in many situations. Such is not the case with …
Self-tutoring about computer science: the tutor mentions a great utility in Windows cmd. findstr the_string text_file.txt will print each line from text_file.txt that contains the_string. findstr /n the_string text_file.txt will precede each printed line by its number. Source: itechtics.com
Self-tutoring about computer science: the tutor mentions a key element of command line thinking. At the command line (Windows or Li|U|nix), a pipe is often shown as | and sends the first command’s output as input to the next command. …
Self-tutoring about Windows: the tutor mentions how to direct command prompt output to a file. In my experience, just entering the command, then >> outfile.txt will send the output to outfile.txt. For instance,
Self-tutoring about home computer use: the tutor makes an observation. This article isn’t based on specs, but rather on my own recollections. Therefore, it may not line up with other peoples’ experiences, or even what’s meant to be true. Nonetheless, …
Self-tutoring about Windows: the tutor mentions a neat find. I use where filename to find the directory location of a file or program. The command doesn’t change the current directory; rather, it tells the absolute path to the file you’re …
Self-tutoring about Windows 10: the tutor observes…. I’ve a discount Windows 10 laptop from about three years back. This morning it prompted me something like “your version of Windows 10 will soon be outdated…restart to update now?” The other choices …
Follow-up from an earlier post: the tutor discusses a spontaneously-generated .tmp file. Back on June 14 I write about a .tmp file I noticed in a folder I wanted to send. What I did about it, you can read there. …
Self-tutoring about Windows 7: the tutor mentions a curious experience. Recently I had to send a few files to someone. No problem – just zip the directory and attach it to an email. Checking the directory’s contents, I noticed a …
Self-tutoring about Windows 7: the tutor brings up the on-board sound recorder. Today I went to make an audio recording and thought I’d use the Windows 7 sound recorder, which I recall using years ago. Yet, when I keyed it …