Wildcards can be pretty helpful when doing some basic tasks either from the Windows GUI or the beloved command prompt. Let’s take a look at the frequently used wildcard * for doing some simple but effective stuff. For understanding purposes,I have created a folder called textfiles in C: with the following files : apples.txt,oranges.txt,bananas.txt,applejuice.txt,orangejuice.txt.bananajuice.txt Let’s …
>Ever wondered how to create files without using a single click of mouse? Chances are if you have been familiar with command prompt,you may know this. Example : Let’s make a simple text file named hello.txt,save it and list it contents – all of this without using a mouse. Here is how : 1.Launch command …
How do you get the entire system information in Vista with just a single command? It is easy and looks cool too. 1.Open command prompt with administrator privileges. 2.Type: sysinfo>>c:sysinfo.txt 3.Done,quick isn’t it? What the above command sysinfo does is it displays all the info about system in command prompt by default,by using the >> …
Suppose we need to find out quickly what all sub directories with their files are under a directory without going to Windows explorer to do that or even using the dir command.Is it possible? Yes indeed.We can find out the details from the beloved command prompt using the “tree”. This command comes in handy when …