Windows Command Line Flashcards

Adds or modifies user accounts, or displays user account information

net user

Check and repair errors on a Windows Volume/drive

CHKDSK

Clears the screen

cls

Compares two files or sets of files

fc

Connects a computer to or disconnects a computer from a shared resource

net use

Copies file(s) to another location

copy, xcopy and robocopy

Creates

changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk,label

Defragments a drive to improve performance

DEFRAG

Displays active TCP connections and ports

NETSTAT

Displays computer properties and configuration details

SYSTEMINFO

Displays computer's hostname

HOSTNAME

Displays files and folders in current directory

DIR

Displays IP Configuration

IPCONFIG

Displays or edits the date

DATE

Displays or edits the time

TIME

Displays running processes and services

TASKLIST

Displays text output one screen at a time

more

Displays the contents of a text file

type

Displays the current logged-on user and domain

whoami

Displays, sets or deletes Windows environment variables

SET

DNS lookup tool

NSLOOKUP

Formats a disk

format

Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or path

tree

Manages a computer's drives (disks, partitions, volumes, or virtual hard disks)

diskpart

Maps the route between two workstations or a workstation and a network

TRACERT

Moves command prompt to new directory

CD

Opens Command Prompt Window

CMD

Opens Registry Editor

REGEDIT

Query another computer or network to determine connectivity

PING

Remove/Delete directory

RMDIR

Remove/Delete files

DEL

Renames a file or folder

ren (rename)

Scans and verifies the integrity of all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct versions

SFC

Searches for a text string in a file or files

find

Shutdown or restart computer

shutdown

Starts a specified service on the local computer

net start

Stops a running process or application

TASKKILL

Switch for getting help on using a command

/?

Tool to service and prepare Windows images

DISM

Updates group policies

gpupdate

View group policy settings applied to a computer and user

gpresult

View/edit file/folder permissions

ATTRIB