Windows | Command Wizardry

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How to Open the Windows Command Prompt

Before you can leverage the power of the command line you first need to open it. In Windows 10 you have two primary options.

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Creating Hybrid Scripts - Leveraging the Power of Multiple Shells

You may think of command line scripts as using one specific shell or language, but depending on your environment you can combine multiple...

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Traversing and Creating Directories in Windows Command Prompt (cmd)

From the Windows Command Prompt you can use the cd command to display your current working directory or change to a different directory.

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Creating Windows Batch Scripts

The Windows command prompt is not the most powerful option available, but it is fairly full featured for scripting.

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Running PowerShell on Linux

PowerShell was originally designed for use in Windows, but more recent releases have added support for Linux, macOS, and ARM environments.

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How to Add Git Bash and Cygwin to Windows Terminal

When you install Git for Windows it comes prepacked with Git Bash, a Linux terminal emulator. Git Bash is particularly useful because it...

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The Ipconfig Command

The ipconfig command is used in Windows to display information about a computer's network interfaces. Basic Use To execute the ipconfig...

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The Ping Command

The ping command, available on both the Windows and Linux CLI, is an implementation of the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) as...

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Converting between Windows and Linux line breaks

The Windows and Linux operating systems have a slight variation in how they handle newlines in files. Typically, in the Windows...