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How to work in a Command window.

How to work in a Command window.

Owned by Michael Kuhl
Last updated: Feb 06, 2020

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. (wink)

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

TaskMac OS XWindowsLinux
Open a command windowhttp://www.wikihow.com/Get-to-the-Command-Line-on-a-Machttp://www.wikihow.com/Open-the-Command-Prompt-in-Windowshttp://www.wikihow.com/Work-in-Linux-at-the-Command-Line
Change to a different directoryhttp://www.macworld.com/article/2042378/master-the-command-line-navigating-files-and-folders.htmlhttp://www.wikihow.com/Change-Directories-in-Command-Prompt 
Create a new directoryhttp://www.macworld.com/article/2080814/master-the-command-line-copying-and-moving-files.htmlhttp://www.wikihow.com/Create-and-Delete-Files-and-Directories-from-Windows-Command-Prompt
Copy a filehttp://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 filehttp://www.macworld.com/article/2082021/master-the-command-line-deleting-files-and-folders.htmlhttp://www.wikihow.com/Delete-a-File-Using-Command-Prompt
Change permissions on a filehttp://www.computerhope.com/cacls.htmhttp://www.computerhope.com/cacls.htm
Learn how to use other commandshttp://www.macworld.com/article/2044790/master-the-command-line-how-to-use-man-pages.htmlhttp://www.wikihow.com/Find-the-CMD-Commands-Helphttp://www.linfo.org/command_line_lesson_1.html

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