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Windows CMD Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Directory Operation

md or mkdir
 
md folder­_name
Creates a directory
del
 
del file_name
Delete files in subdir­ectory
rd or rmdir
 
rd folder­_name
Delete folder
rd or rmdir
 
rd /s folder­_name
Delete not empty folder
rename or ren
 
ren old_name new_name
rename files
dir
 
dir a*
Display folders or files start with a
TREE
 
tree
Graphi­cally display directory structure
COPY
 
copy src_file des_file
copy file
XCOPY
 
xcopy src_file des_file /e /i
copy folder include empty folder
Copy con
 
copy con filena­me.txt
create file and edit
 
del /s
: delete specific file from all subdir­ect­ories
rd /s
: delete a folder and everything in it
tree /f
: display include file
xcopy src_file des_file /e /i
: /e is for copy even empty folder
xcopy src_file des_file /s /i
: /s is for copy only not empty folder

System

VER
 
ver
display windows version
TIME
 
time
display and change time
DATE
 
date
display and change date

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