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 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 file management: the tutor shares a story. Today, having downloaded some files, I opened command prompt (cmd) to copy them to different locations, etc. The copy and paste file management on this computer isn’t reliable. I opened …
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Self-tutoring about the Windows move command: the tutor continues… Following up yesterday’s post: From the premise that the directory newdirname already exists, let’s imagine the command move olddirname newdirname Now, olddirname will be moved to a subdirectory of its same …
Self-tutoring about Windows command prompt: the tutor mentions the move command. The following behaviour I’ve observed in Windows 7 command prompt: To move a directory to another, the command is move olddirname newdirname If newdirname already exists, olddirname will be …
Self-tutoring about Windows command prompt: the tutor mentions a way to combine commands on one line. Apparently, a_command & another_command will perform both commands if possible. Even if it can’t do the first, it will still attempt the second. a_command …
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