The window, which is usually called the command line or command-line interface, is a text-based application for viewing, handling, and manipulating files on your computer. It's much like Windows Explorer or Finder on the Mac, but without the graphical interface. Other names for the command line are: cmd, CLI, prompt, console or terminal.
Later in this tutorial, you will need to have two command windows open at the same time. However, on some versions of Windows, if you already have one command window open and you try to open a second one using the same method, it will instead point you to the command window you already have open. Try it now on your computer and see what happens! If you only get one command window, try one of the other methods in the list above. At least one of them should result in a new command window being opened.
In the tutorial, when we want you to type in a command, we will include the $ or >, and occasionally more to the left. Ignore the left part and only type in the command, which starts after the prompt.
OS X and Linux have a man command, which gives you help on commands. Try man pwd and see what it says, or put man before other commands to see their help. The output of man is normally paged. Use the space bar to move to the next page, and q to quit looking at the help.
Note thatthe directory name "Desktop" might be translatedto the language of your Linux account.If that's the case, you'll need to replace Desktopwith the translated name;for example, Schreibtisch for German.
PRO tip: if you type cd D and then hit tab on your keyboard, the command line will automatically fill in the rest of the name so you can navigate faster. If there is more than one folder starting with "D", hit the tab key twice to get a list of options.
All supported versions of Windows and Windows Server have a set of Win32 console commands built in. This set of documentation describes the Windows Commands you can use to automate tasks by using scripts or scripting tools.
Windows has two command-line shells: the Command shell and PowerShell. Each shell is a software program that provides direct communication between you and the operating system or application, providing an environment to automate IT operations.
The Command shell was the first shell built into Windows to automate routine tasks, like user account management or nightly backups, with batch (.bat) files. With Windows Script Host, you could run more sophisticated scripts in the Command shell. For more information, see cscript or wscript. You can perform operations more efficiently by using scripts than you can by using the user interface. Scripts accept all commands that are available at the command line.
PowerShell was designed to extend the capabilities of the Command shell to run PowerShell commands called cmdlets. Cmdlets are similar to Windows Commands but provide a more extensible scripting language. You can run both Windows Commands and PowerShell cmdlets in PowerShell, but the Command shell can only run Windows Commands and not PowerShell cmdlets.
A reference of exit and error codes for Windows Commands can be found in the Debug system error codes articles that may be helpful to understanding errors produced. Windows Commands also include command redirection operators. To learn more of their use, see Using command redirection operators.
You can configure the Command shell to automatically complete file and directory names on a computer or user session when a specified control character is pressed. By default this control character is configured to be the tab key for both file and directory names, although they can be different. To change this control character, run regedit.exe and navigate to either of the following registry keys and entries, depending on whether you wish to change the value for the current user only, or for all users of the computer.
Set these values to that of the control character you wish to use. See virtual key codes for a complete list. To disable a particular completion character in the registry, use the value for space (0x20) as it isn't a valid control character. The type of value for this registry entry is REG_DWORD, and can also be specified by hexadecimal or decimal value.
You can also enable or disable file and directory name completion per instance of a Command shell by running cmd.exe with the parameter and switch /F:ON or /F:OFF. If name completion is enabled with the /F:ON parameter and switch, the two control characters used are Ctrl-D for directory name completion and Ctrl-F for file name completion. User-specified settings take precedence over computer settings, and command-line options take precedence over registry settings.
The Windows command line is one of the most powerful utilities on a Windows PC. With it, you can interact with the OS directly and do a lot of things not available in the graphical user interface (GUI).
Even though, there is a command line interface on linux (which has start, stop and, soon, pause options), there seems to be no equivalent feature on windows nor on mac. This feature should be easily transferable. I see no technical reasons why this cannot be possible (especially to mac), is there any?
Well, thanks for the explanation but we shouldn't forget that each supply creates its own demand Anyways, you are right that this feature is indeed needed occasionally for very spesific puposes by geeky users. Still
Even a basic command line for windows that I can use to start, stop, or pause, would be beneficial for some of the automated routines I regularly run on my primary computer. That way I can pause, run a bunch of automated file processing, and then turn it back on to sync as it pleases. I've found that intensive processes while Dropbox tries to sync can slow down my computer at times.
Case in point: Shared folders are automatically synced for every user with access. For team shares, this is EVERYONE. That makes it pretty difficult to share a large folder to a large number of users since the sync will immediately swamp their Internet connection and use up all of their disk space. lf I had a command line interface, I could at least pause syncing for everyone before sharing and until selective sync could be set for each user.
Another reason for command line usage is "Locky" and all the other encryption viruses going around at the moment. I don't have experiences with it (and I'm glad about this!) and don't know how the dropbox syncronization deals with it. But I guess that for protection of data a batch-based linking and dislinking of the dropbox connection is very helpful.
I have a project where I will need to flash a few hundred chips that are already on boards. I have set up a chain programmer which is controlled by an MCU. basically it is just a chain of sockets for the boards that all get connected to an st-link v2, and it sequentially powers up the boards and runs a bat file to flash them. But I cant seem to find any information on using the st-link utility in windows command line. I use it linux, but this project will be used by our assembly department and they all run windows 7.
The AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) is a unified tool to manage your AWS services. With just one tool to download and configure, you can control multiple AWS services from the command line and automate them through scripts.
aws-shell is a command-line shell program that provides convenience and productivity features to help both new and advanced users of the AWS Command Line Interface. Key features include the following.
Is it really not possible to force an Intune sync on a client computer from the command line? It seems like such a simple thing to do. Rather than make me dig 3 subpages deep to click a button, just let me fire off a DOS command and get on with my day.
I think I'm going to tackle this a different way. Since the only reliable method to force an Intune sync is with a reboot, I'll just make that part of my process now. It's easy to force a reboot in the CLI (shutdown /r, or Restart-Computer). The problem comes with logging back in. That still requires the GUI. However, you can leverage the Windows Logon Options section of local Group Policy to automatically log in and lock a computer following a reboot or power-on event. There isn't a way to modify local Group Policy settings via Intune or even PowerShell (that I've yet found) for cloud-only shops, so this is a one-by-one modification using the GUI. Of course, every log in after a reboot is a one-by-one affair using the GUI as well, so this change is well worth the frustration. I'll test out my hypothesis on some devices and see how it goes.
I think I figured it out. For future Bing searchers, the feature is called Windows Automatic Restart Sign On (ARSO). It works as you might expect. Make your Intune policy changes, then fire off a restart command to the endpoint(s) using your RMM, PowerShell or whatever CLI you use. After the login screen comes up, the computer quietly logs in, behind the scenes, using the last logged-in user's credentials. Intune policies sync, Windows Updates finish, Teams launches, startup apps load, etc. The user comes in the next morning and logs in instantaneously to a fully loaded Windows desktop, as if the computer had been locked all along.
ARSO is set by either a Local Group Policy, a Domain Group Policy or a registry hack. All can be accomplished via Intune. There is a mix of various requirements that need to be met before it will truly work, however. These include Bitlocker and/or TPM 2.0.
This link shows how to enable ARSO via Intune (kinda): Winlogon automatic restart sign-on (ARSO) Microsoft Learn. The link actually shows how to disable ARSO, but you can use the same policy to enable it. The policy changes a Local Group Policy setting on each device that enables ARSO if the other requirements (Bitlocker, TPM 2.0, etc.) are met. (I was wrong about not being able to set Local Group Policy via Intune. This link shows where in Intune those settings are hiding. Yay!)
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