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Excellent command line tricks every developer must know

8. March 2011
1. Find a file on your hard disk
      dir filename /s

2. Find a file on your hard disk without all the directory info goo -
      dir filename /s/b

3. Create a list of files, say your MP3s to share with a friend?
     dir *.mp3 /b > filelist.txt

3. Find a directory -
      dir dirname /s /ad

4. Move between directories easily
     C:\Documents and Settings\Waqas>pushd .
     C:\Documents and Settings\Waqas>cd \
     C:\>popd
     C:\Documents and Settings\Waqas>

5. A better prompt for PushD and PopD via Craig Andrea.

6. Hit Tab for directory/filename compleition

7. Press F7 for a previous command list. User Cursor keys to select the command you need.

8. View all environment variables
SET

9. View only system variables that start with W
Set W

10. View a particular env. variable
ECHO %WINDIR%

11. Find what process has opened what port
netstat -noa

12. Widen your command prompt.
mode 120,100

13. View your TCP/IP settings.
netsh interface ip show config

14. Weird looking colors
color 8f

15. Find a string in a list of files, for example "Foo" in all .cs files in your project tree:
findstr /i /s "foo" *.cs

16. refresh the netbios nametables:
nbtstat -R

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