Windows CMD Shell Command Line Syntax
Parameters Command Line Parameters %1 %~f1 Env. Variables Create/read environment variables. Redirection Spooling output to a file, piping input. AND/OR Logic Conditional Execution (If-Then-Else) Loops Loops and Subroutines. functions How to package blocks of code. Macros Embed blocks of code in a variable.Services List of Windows XP Services Evaluating expressions Using brackets to Group and expand expressions. Delayed Expansion Variables within loops. Escape chars, delimiters and quotes SET /A Environment variable arithmetic. VarSubstring Extract part of a variable (substring) VarSearch Search & replace part of a variable. RANDOM Random Numbers. Wildcards Match multiple files. Batch Files Run a script How to run a script. DateMath Add or subtract days from any date. GetDate.cmd Get todays date (any region, any OS.) GetTime.cmd Get the time now. GetGMT.cmd Time adjusted to Greenwich Mean Time. DeQuote Remove quotes from a string. DelOlder Delete files more than n days old. StampMe.cmd Rename a file with the date/time. tdiff.cmd Time difference in Hours/Minutes. Which.cmd Display full path to any command. xlong.cmd Find filenames that exceed the 256 char pathname limit. DragDrop.cmd Drag and drop onto a batch script. Reference/How to Autoexec Run commands at startup. Slow Browsing Speed up network browsing. Desktop Heap Memory configuration. Long Filenames NTFS filename issues. Display DPI Monitor size settings. CMD Internal Commands that are Internal to the CMD shell. Keyboard CMD Keyboard shortcuts. NoDrives Hide mapped drives from Windows Explorer Printing Printer connections and print drivers. Recovery The Recovery Console. RUN commands Start | Run commands. ProfileFolders Location of User profile folders (XP/Vista/Windows 7). Registry User interface settings (XP) BuiltIn Groups Built-In Users and Security Groups. Groups Local Domain groups, Global and Universal groups. 64Bit Detect 64 bit vs 32 bit Windows.