How to work in a Command window.

Windows, Mac OS X and other operating systems usually provide an ability to open a command window so that you can run various system commands or execute command line utilities such as one of our Command Line Interface (CLI) clients.

This page explains the basics of opening a command window and performing the most common commands.

Task	Mac OS X	Windows	Linux
Open a command window	http://www.wikihow.com/Get-to-the-Command-Line-on-a-Mac	http://www.wikihow.com/Open-the-Command-Prompt-in-Windows	http://www.wikihow.com/Work-in-Linux-at-the-Command-Line
Change to a different directory	http://www.macworld.com/article/2042378/master-the-command-line-navigating-files-and-folders.html	http://www.wikihow.com/Change-Directories-in-Command-Prompt
Create a new directory	http://www.macworld.com/article/2080814/master-the-command-line-copying-and-moving-files.html	http://www.wikihow.com/Create-and-Delete-Files-and-Directories-from-Windows-Command-Prompt
Copy a file	http://www.macworld.com/article/2080814/master-the-command-line-copying-and-moving-files.html	http://www.wikihow.com/Copy-Files-in-Command-Prompt
Delete a file	http://www.macworld.com/article/2082021/master-the-command-line-deleting-files-and-folders.html	http://www.wikihow.com/Delete-a-File-Using-Command-Prompt
Change permissions on a file	http://www.computerhope.com/cacls.htm	http://www.computerhope.com/cacls.htm
Learn how to use other commands	http://www.macworld.com/article/2044790/master-the-command-line-how-to-use-man-pages.html	http://www.wikihow.com/Find-the-CMD-Commands-Help	http://www.linfo.org/command_line_lesson_1.html