CMD session 1 - Basic commands.

Command prompt is simply a Character user interface on Windows operating systems. It is the counterpart of COMMAND.COM in DOS and Windows 9x systems, and analogous to the Unix-like systems. It works by allowing the users to issue commands as one or more lines of text.  

These are some of the basic Commands of Cmd for Windows users (Some of these command will work in Linux).

dir: It lists all the files and directory present in the current directory.

2.     cd: Change directory ,it is used to change directory from one directory to other.

3.      md :It makes a new directory in the existing directory.

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4. rd: It removes a directory from existing directory.

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5.  cls: It clears the output cmd screen.  

6.      cd.. : It takes the directory back one place.

7.       Date: It shows system date and time and allows the user to set new date .

8.       help: It show you all the command and gives a description about them in one line.

9.       tree: It displays all the directories and subdirectories taking the current directory as root directory.

10.   exit: It is used for exiting the cmd.

  Some of these work on linux as well.
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