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DOSCommandIndex
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ASSOC
Displaysormodifiesfileextensionassociations.
ATTRIB
Displaysorchangesfileattributes.
BREAK
SetsorclearsextendedCTRL+Cchecking.
BCDEDIT
Setspropertiesinbootdatabasetocontrolbootloading.
CACLS
Displaysormodifiesaccesscontrollists(ACLs)offiles.
CALL
Callsonebatchprogramfromanother.
CD
Displaysthenameoforchangesthecurrentdirectory.
CHCP
Displaysorsetstheactivecodepagenumber.
CHDIR
CHKDSK
Checksadiskanddisplaysastatusreport.
CHKNTFS
Displaysormodifiesthecheckingofdiskatboottime.
CLS
Clearsthescreen.
CMD
StartsanewinstanceoftheWindowscommandinterpreter.
COLOR
Setsthedefaultconsoleforegroundandbackgroundcolors.
COMP
Comparesthecontentsoftwofilesorsetsoffiles.
COMPACT
DisplaysoraltersthecompressionoffilesonNTFSpartitions.
CONVERT
ConvertsFATvolumestoNTFS.Youcannotconvertthe
COPY
Copiesoneormorefilestoanotherlocation.
DATE
Displaysorsetsthedate.
DEL
Deletesoneormorefiles.
DIR
Displaysalistoffilesandsubdirectoriesinadirectory.
DISKCOMP
Comparesthecontentsoftwofloppydisks.
DISKCOPY
Copiesthecontentsofonefloppydisktoanother.
DISKPART
DisplaysorconfiguresDiskPartitionproperties.
DOSKEY
Editscommandlines,recallsWindowscommands,and
DRIVERQUERY Displayscurrentdevicedriverstatusandproperties.
ECHO
Displaysmessages,orturnscommandechoingonoroff.
ENDLOCAL
Endslocalizationofenvironmentchangesinabatchfile.
ERASE
EXIT
QuitstheCMD.EXEprogram(commandinterpreter).
FC
Comparestwofilesorsetsoffiles,anddisplaysthe
FIND
Searchesforatextstringinafileorfiles.
FINDSTR
Searchesforstringsinfiles.
FOR
Runsaspecifiedcommandforeachfileinasetoffiles.
FORMAT
FormatsadiskforusewithWindows.
FSUTIL
Displaysorconfiguresthefilesystemproperties.
FTYPE
Displaysormodifiesfiletypesusedinfileextension
GOTO
DirectstheWindowscommandinterpretertoalabeledlinein
GPRESULT
DisplaysGroupPolicyinformationformachineoruser.
GRAFTABL
EnablesWindowstodisplayanextendedcharactersetin
HELP
ProvidesHelpinformationforWindowscommands.
ICACLS
Display,modify,backup,orrestoreACLsforfilesand
IF
Performsconditionalprocessinginbatchprograms.
LABEL
Creates,changes,ordeletesthevolumelabelofadisk.
MD
Createsadirectory.
MKDIR
Createsadirectory.
MKLINK
CreatesSymbolicLinksandHardLinks
MODE
Configuresasystemdevice.
MORE
Displaysoutputonescreenatatime.
MOVE
Movesoneormorefilesfromonedirectorytoanother
OPENFILES
Displaysfilesopenedbyremoteusersforafileshare.
PATH
Displaysorsetsasearchpathforexecutablefiles.
PAUSE
Suspendsprocessingofabatchfileanddisplaysamessage.
POPD
Restoresthepreviousvalueofthecurrentdirectorysavedby
PRINT
Printsatextfile.
PROMPT
ChangestheWindowscommandprompt.
PUSHD
Savesthecurrentdirectorythenchangesit.
RD
Removesadirectory.
RECOVER
Recoversreadableinformationfromabadordefectivedisk.
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REM
REN
RENAME
REPLACE
RMDIR
ROBOCOPY
SET
SETLOCAL
SHIFT
SHUTDOWN
SORT
START
SUBST
SYSTEMINFO
TASKLIST
TASKKILL
TIME
TITLE
TREE
TYPE
VER
VERIFY
VOL
XCOPY
WMIC
Recordscomments(remarks)inbatchfilesorCONFIG.SYS.
Renamesafileorfiles.
Replacesfiles.
Removesadirectory.
Advancedutilitytocopyfilesanddirectorytrees
Displays,sets,orremovesWindowsenvironmentvariables.
Beginslocalizationofenvironmentchangesinabatchfile.
Shiftsthepositionofreplaceableparametersinbatchfiles.
Allowsproperlocalorremoteshutdownofmachine.
Sortsinput.
Startsaseparatewindowtorunaspecifiedprogramorcommand.
Associatesapathwithadriveletter.
Displaysmachinespecificpropertiesandconfiguration.
Displaysallcurrentlyrunningtasksincludingservices.
Killorstoparunningprocessorapplication.
Displaysorsetsthesystemtime.
SetsthewindowtitleforaCMD.EXEsession.
Graphicallydisplaysthedirectorystructureofadriveor
Displaysthecontentsofatextfile.
DisplaystheWindowsversion.
TellsWindowswhethertoverifythatyourfilesarewritten
Displaysadiskvolumelabelandserialnumber.
Copiesfilesanddirectorytrees.
DisplaysWMIinformationinsideinteractivecommandshell.
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ASSOC
Displaysormodifiesfileextensionassociations
ASSOC[.ext[=[fileType]]]
.extSpecifiesthefileextensiontoassociatethefiletypewith
fileTypeSpecifiesthefiletypetoassociatewiththefileextension
TypeASSOCwithoutparameterstodisplaythecurrentfileassociations.
IfASSOCisinvokedwithjustafileextension,itdisplaysthecurrent
fileassociationforthatfileextension.Specifynothingforthefile
typeandthecommandwilldeletetheassociationforthefileextension.
ATTRIB
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BREAK
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Displaysorchangesfileattributes.
ATTRIB[+R|R][+A|A][+S|S][+H|H][+I|I]
[drive:][path][filename][/S[/D][/L]]
+Setsanattribute.
Clearsanattribute.
RReadonlyfileattribute.
AArchivefileattribute.
SSystemfileattribute.
HHiddenfileattribute.
INotcontentindexedfileattribute.
[drive:][path][filename]
Specifiesafileorfilesforattribtoprocess.
/SProcessesmatchingfilesinthecurrentfolder
andallsubfolders.
/DProcessesfoldersaswell.
/LWorkontheattributesoftheSymbolicLinkversus
thetargetoftheSymbolicLink
SetsorClearsExtendedCTRL+CcheckingonDOSsystem
ThisispresentforCompatibilitywithDOSsystems.Ithasnoeffect
underWindows.
IfCommandExtensionsareenabled,andrunningontheWindows
platform,thentheBREAKcommandwillenterahardcodedbreakpoint
ifbeingdebuggedbyadebugger.
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BCDEDIT
BCDEDITBootConfigurationDataStoreEditor
TheBcdedit.execommandlinetoolmodifiesthebootconfigurationdatastore.
Thebootconfigurationdatastorecontainsbootconfigurationparametersand
controlshowtheoperatingsystemisbooted.Theseparameterswerepreviously
intheBoot.inifile(inBIOSbasedoperatingsystems)orinthenonvolatile
RAMentries(inExtensibleFirmwareInterfacebasedoperatingsystems).Youcan
useBcdedit.exetoadd,delete,edit,andappendentriesintheboot
configurationdatastore.
Fordetailedcommandandoptioninformation,typebcdedit.exe/?<command>.For
example,todisplaydetailedinformationaboutthe/createstorecommand,type:
bcdedit.exe/?/createstore
Foranalphabeticallistoftopicsinthishelpfile,run"bcdedit/?TOPICS".
Commandsthatoperateonastore
================================
/createstoreCreatesanewandemptybootconfigurationdatastore.
/exportExportsthecontentsofthesystemstoretoafile.Thisfile
canbeusedlatertorestorethestateofthesystemstore.
/importRestoresthestateofthesystemstoreusingabackupfile
createdwiththe/exportcommand.
/sysstoreSetsthesystemstoredevice(onlyaffectsEFIsystems,does
notpersistacrossreboots,andisonlyusedincaseswhere
thesystemstoredeviceisambiguous).
Commandsthatoperateonentriesinastore
===========================================
/copyMakescopiesofentriesinthestore.
/createCreatesnewentriesinthestore.
/deleteDeletesentriesfromthestore.
/mirrorCreatesmirrorofentriesinthestore.
Runbcdedit/?IDforinformationaboutidentifiersusedbythesecommands.
Commandsthatoperateonentryoptions
======================================
/deletevalueDeletesentryoptionsfromthestore.
/setSetsentryoptionvaluesinthestore.
Runbcdedit/?TYPESforalistofdatatypesusedbythesecommands.
Runbcdedit/?FORMATSforalistofvaliddataformats.
Commandsthatcontroloutput
============================
/enumListsentriesinthestore.
/vCommandlineoptionthatdisplaysentryidentifiersinfull,
ratherthanusingnamesforwellknownidentifiers.
Use/vbyitselfasacommandtodisplayentryidentifiers
infullfortheACTIVEtype.
Running"bcdedit"byitselfisequivalenttorunning"bcdedit/enumACTIVE".
Commandsthatcontrolthebootmanager
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/bootsequenceSetstheonetimebootsequenceforthebootmanager.
/defaultSetsthedefaultentrythatthebootmanagerwilluse.
/displayorderSetstheorderinwhichthebootmanagerdisplaysthe
multibootmenu.
/timeoutSetsthebootmanagertimeoutvalue.
/toolsdisplayorderSetstheorderinwhichthebootmanagerdisplays
thetoolsmenu.
CommandsthatcontrolEmergencyManagementServicesforabootapplication
==========================================================================
/bootemsEnablesordisablesEmergencyManagementServices
forabootapplication.
/emsEnablesordisablesEmergencyManagementServicesforan
operatingsystementry.
/emssettingsSetstheglobalEmergencyManagementServicesparameters.
Commandthatcontroldebugging
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/bootdebugEnablesordisablesbootdebuggingforabootapplication.
/dbgsettingsSetstheglobaldebuggerparameters.
/debugEnablesordisableskerneldebuggingforanoperatingsystem
entry.
/hypervisorsettingsSetsthehypervisorparameters.
CACLS
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NOTE:Caclsisnowdeprecated,pleaseuseIcacls.
Displaysormodifiesaccesscontrollists(ACLs)offiles
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CACLSfilename[/T][/M][/L][/S[:SDDL]][/E][/C][/Guser:perm]
[/Ruser[...]][/Puser:perm[...]][/Duser[...]]
filenameDisplaysACLs.
/TChangesACLsofspecifiedfilesin
thecurrentdirectoryandallsubdirectories.
/LWorkontheSymbolicLinkitselfversusthetarget
/MChangesACLsofvolumesmountedtoadirectory
/SDisplaystheSDDLstringfortheDACL.
/S:SDDLReplacestheACLswiththosespecifiedintheSDDLstring
(notvalidwith/E,/G,/R,/P,or/D).
/EEditACLinsteadofreplacingit.
/CContinueonaccessdeniederrors.
/Guser:permGrantspecifieduseraccessrights.
Permcanbe:RRead
WWrite
CChange(write)
FFullcontrol
/RuserRevokespecifieduser'saccessrights(onlyvalidwith/E).
/Puser:permReplacespecifieduser'saccessrights.
Permcanbe:NNone
RRead
WWrite
CChange(write)
FFullcontrol
/DuserDenyspecifieduseraccess.
Wildcardscanbeusedtospecifymorethanonefileinacommand.
Youcanspecifymorethanoneuserinacommand.
Abbreviations:
CIContainerInherit.
TheACEwillbeinheritedbydirectories.
OIObjectInherit.
TheACEwillbeinheritedbyfiles.
IOInheritOnly.
TheACEdoesnotapplytothecurrentfile/directory.
IDInherited.
TheACEwasinheritedfromtheparentdirectory'sACL.
CALL
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Callsonebatchprogramfromanother.
CALL[drive:][path]filename[batchparameters]
batchparametersSpecifiesanycommandlineinformationrequiredbythe
batchprogram.
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledCALLchangesasfollows:
CALLcommandnowacceptslabelsasthetargetoftheCALL.Thesyntax
is:
CALL:labelarguments
Anewbatchfilecontextiscreatedwiththespecifiedargumentsand
controlispassedtothestatementafterthelabelspecified.Youmust
"exit"twicebyreachingtheendofthebatchscriptfiletwice.The
firsttimeyoureadtheend,controlwillreturntojustaftertheCALL
statement.Thesecondtimewillexitthebatchscript.TypeGOTO/?
foradescriptionoftheGOTO:EOFextensionthatwillallowyouto
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"return"fromabatchscript.
Inaddition,expansionofbatchscriptargumentreferences(%0,%1,
etc.)havebeenchangedasfollows:
%*inabatchscriptreferstoallthearguments(e.g.%1%2%3
%4%5...)
Substitutionofbatchparameters(%n)hasbeenenhanced.Youcan
nowusethefollowingoptionalsyntax:
%~1expands%1removinganysurroundingquotes(")
%~f1expands%1toafullyqualifiedpathname
%~d1expands%1toadriveletteronly
%~p1expands%1toapathonly
%~n1expands%1toafilenameonly
%~x1expands%1toafileextensiononly
%~s1expandedpathcontainsshortnamesonly
%~a1expands%1tofileattributes
%~t1expands%1todate/timeoffile
%~z1expands%1tosizeoffile
%~$PATH:1searchesthedirectorieslistedinthePATH
environmentvariableandexpands%1tothefully
qualifiednameofthefirstonefound.Ifthe
environmentvariablenameisnotdefinedorthe
fileisnotfoundbythesearch,thenthis
modifierexpandstotheemptystring
Themodifierscanbecombinedtogetcompoundresults:
%~dp1expands%1toadriveletterandpathonly
%~nx1expands%1toafilenameandextensiononly
%~dp$PATH:1searchesthedirectorieslistedinthePATH
environmentvariablefor%1andexpandstothe
driveletterandpathofthefirstonefound.
%~ftza1expands%1toaDIRlikeoutputline
Intheaboveexamples%1andPATHcanbereplacedbyother
validvalues.The%~syntaxisterminatedbyavalidargument
number.The%~modifiersmaynotbeusedwith%*
CD
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CHDIR[/D][drive:][path]
CHDIR[..]
CD[/D][drive:][path]
CD[..]
..Specifiesthatyouwanttochangetotheparentdirectory.
TypeCDdrive:todisplaythecurrentdirectoryinthespecifieddrive.
TypeCDwithoutparameterstodisplaythecurrentdriveanddirectory.
Usethe/Dswitchtochangecurrentdriveinadditiontochangingcurrent
directoryforadrive.
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledCHDIRchangesasfollows:
Thecurrentdirectorystringisconvertedtousethesamecaseas
theondisknames.SoCDC:\TEMPwouldactuallysetthecurrent
directorytoC:\Tempifthatisthecaseondisk.
CHDIRcommanddoesnottreatspacesasdelimiters,soitispossibleto
CDintoasubdirectorynamethatcontainsaspacewithoutsurrounding
thenamewithquotes.Forexample:
cd\winnt\profiles\username\programs\startmenu
isthesameas:
cd"\winnt\profiles\username\programs\startmenu"
whichiswhatyouwouldhavetotypeifextensionsweredisabled.
CHCP
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Displaysorsetstheactivecodepagenumber.
CHCP[nnn]
nnnSpecifiesacodepagenumber.
TypeCHCPwithoutaparametertodisplaytheactivecodepagenumber.
CHDIR
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CHDIR[/D][drive:][path]
CHDIR[..]
CD[/D][drive:][path]
CD[..]
..Specifiesthatyouwanttochangetotheparentdirectory.
TypeCDdrive:todisplaythecurrentdirectoryinthespecifieddrive.
TypeCDwithoutparameterstodisplaythecurrentdriveanddirectory.
Usethe/Dswitchtochangecurrentdriveinadditiontochangingcurrent
directoryforadrive.
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledCHDIRchangesasfollows:
Thecurrentdirectorystringisconvertedtousethesamecaseas
theondisknames.SoCDC:\TEMPwouldactuallysetthecurrent
directorytoC:\Tempifthatisthecaseondisk.
CHDIRcommanddoesnottreatspacesasdelimiters,soitispossibleto
CDintoasubdirectorynamethatcontainsaspacewithoutsurrounding
thenamewithquotes.Forexample:
cd\winnt\profiles\username\programs\startmenu
isthesameas:
cd"\winnt\profiles\username\programs\startmenu"
CHKDSK
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Checksadiskanddisplaysastatusreport.
CHKDSK[volume[[path]filename]]][/F][/V][/R][/X][/I][/C][/L[:size]][/B]
volumeSpecifiesthedriveletter(followedbyacolon),
mountpoint,orvolumename.
filenameFAT/FAT32only:Specifiesthefilestocheckforfragmentation.
/FFixeserrorsonthedisk.
/VOnFAT/FAT32:Displaysthefullpathandnameofeveryfile
onthedisk.
OnNTFS:Displayscleanupmessagesifany.
/RLocatesbadsectorsandrecoversreadableinformation
(implies/F).
/L:sizeNTFSonly:Changesthelogfilesizetothespecifiednumber
ofkilobytes.Ifsizeisnotspecified,displayscurrent
size.
/XForcesthevolumetodismountfirstifnecessary.
Allopenedhandlestothevolumewouldthenbeinvalid
(implies/F).
/INTFSonly:Performsalessvigorouscheckofindexentries.
/CNTFSonly:Skipscheckingofcycleswithinthefolder
structure.
/BNTFSonly:Reevaluatesbadclustersonthevolume
(implies/R)
The/Ior/CswitchreducestheamountoftimerequiredtorunChkdskby
skippingcertainchecksofthevolume.
CHKNTFS
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Displaysormodifiesthecheckingofdiskatboottime.
CHKNTFSvolume[...]
CHKNTFS/D
CHKNTFS/T[:time]
CHKNTFS/Xvolume[...]
CHKNTFS/Cvolume[...]
/DRestoresthemachinetothedefaultbehavior;alldrivesare
checkedatboottimeandchkdskisrunonthosethatare
dirty.
/T:timeChangestheAUTOCHKinitiationcountdowntimetothe
specifiedamountoftimeinseconds.Iftimeisnot
specified,displaysthecurrentsetting.
/XExcludesadrivefromthedefaultboottimecheck.Excluded
drivesarenotaccumulatedbetweencommandinvocations.
/CSchedulesadrivetobecheckedatboottime;chkdskwillrun
ifthedriveisdirty.
Ifnoswitchesarespecified,CHKNTFSwilldisplayifthespecifieddriveis
dirtyorscheduledtobecheckedonnextreboot.
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CLS
Clearsthescreen.
CLS
CMD
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StartsanewinstanceoftheWindowscommandinterpreter
CMD[/A|/U][/Q][/D][/E:ON|/E:OFF][/F:ON|/F:OFF][/V:ON|/V:OFF]
[[/S][/C|/K]string]
/CCarriesoutthecommandspecifiedbystringandthenterminates
/KCarriesoutthecommandspecifiedbystringbutremains
/SModifiesthetreatmentofstringafter/Cor/K(seebelow)
/QTurnsechooff
/DDisableexecutionofAutoRuncommandsfromregistry(seebelow)
/ACausestheoutputofinternalcommandstoapipeorfiletobeANSI
/UCausestheoutputofinternalcommandstoapipeorfiletobe
Unicode
/T:fgSetstheforeground/backgroundcolors(seeCOLOR/?formoreinfo)
/E:ONEnablecommandextensions(seebelow)
/E:OFFDisablecommandextensions(seebelow)
/F:ONEnablefileanddirectorynamecompletioncharacters(seebelow)
/F:OFFDisablefileanddirectorynamecompletioncharacters(seebelow)
/V:ONEnabledelayedenvironmentvariableexpansionusing!asthe
delimiter.Forexample,/V:ONwouldallow!var!toexpandthe
variablevaratexecutiontime.Thevarsyntaxexpandsvariables
atinputtime,whichisquiteadifferentthingwheninsideofaFOR
loop.
/V:OFFDisabledelayedenvironmentexpansion.
Notethatmultiplecommandsseparatedbythecommandseparator'&&'
areacceptedforstringifsurroundedbyquotes.Also,forcompatibility
reasons,/Xisthesameas/E:ON,/Yisthesameas/E:OFFand/Risthe
sameas/C.Anyotherswitchesareignored.
If/Cor/Kisspecified,thentheremainderofthecommandlineafter
theswitchisprocessedasacommandline,wherethefollowinglogicis
usedtoprocessquote(")characters:
1.Ifallofthefollowingconditionsaremet,thenquotecharacters
onthecommandlinearepreserved:
no/Sswitch
exactlytwoquotecharacters
nospecialcharactersbetweenthetwoquotecharacters,
wherespecialisoneof:&<>()@^|
thereareoneormorewhitespacecharactersbetweenthe
twoquotecharacters
thestringbetweenthetwoquotecharactersisthename
ofanexecutablefile.
2.Otherwise,oldbehavioristoseeifthefirstcharacteris
aquotecharacterandifso,striptheleadingcharacterand
removethelastquotecharacteronthecommandline,preserving
anytextafterthelastquotecharacter.
If/DwasNOTspecifiedonthecommandline,thenwhenCMD.EXEstarts,it
looksforthefollowingREG_SZ/REG_EXPAND_SZregistryvariables,andif
eitherorbotharepresent,theyareexecutedfirst.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\CommandProcessor\AutoRun
and/or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CommandProcessor\AutoRun
CommandExtensionsareenabledbydefault.Youmayalsodisable
extensionsforaparticularinvocationbyusingthe/E:OFFswitch.You
canenableordisableextensionsforallinvocationsofCMD.EXEona
machineand/oruserlogonsessionbysettingeitherorbothofthe
followingREG_DWORDvaluesintheregistryusingREGEDIT.EXE:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\CommandProcessor\EnableExtensions
and/or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CommandProcessor\EnableExtensions
toeither0x1or0x0.Theuserspecificsettingtakesprecedenceover
themachinesetting.Thecommandlineswitchestakeprecedenceoverthe
registrysettings.
Inabatchfile,theSETLOCALENABLEEXTENSIONSorDISABLEEXTENSIONSarguments
takesprecedenceoverthe/E:ONor/E:OFFswitch.SeeSETLOCAL/?fordetails.
Thecommandextensionsinvolvechangesand/oradditionstothefollowing
commands:
DELorERASE
COLOR
CDorCHDIR
MDorMKDIR
PROMPT
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PUSHD
POPD
SET
SETLOCAL
ENDLOCAL
IF
FOR
CALL
SHIFT
GOTO
START(alsoincludeschangestoexternalcommandinvocation)
ASSOC
FTYPE
Togetspecificdetails,typecommandname/?toviewthespecifics.
DelayedenvironmentvariableexpansionisNOTenabledbydefault.You
canenableordisabledelayedenvironmentvariableexpansionfora
particularinvocationofCMD.EXEwiththe/V:ONor/V:OFFswitch.You
canenableordisabledelayedexpansionforallinvocationsofCMD.EXEona
machineand/oruserlogonsessionbysettingeitherorbothofthe
followingREG_DWORDvaluesintheregistryusingREGEDIT.EXE:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\CommandProcessor\DelayedExpansion
and/or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CommandProcessor\DelayedExpansion
toeither0x1or0x0.Theuserspecificsettingtakesprecedenceover
themachinesetting.Thecommandlineswitchestakeprecedenceoverthe
registrysettings.
InabatchfiletheSETLOCALENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSIONorDISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
argumentstakesprecedenceoverthe/V:ONor/V:OFFswitch.SeeSETLOCAL/?
fordetails.
Ifdelayedenvironmentvariableexpansionisenabled,thentheexclamation
charactercanbeusedtosubstitutethevalueofanenvironmentvariable
atexecutiontime.
Youcanenableordisablefilenamecompletionforaparticular
invocationofCMD.EXEwiththe/F:ONor/F:OFFswitch.Youcanenable
ordisablecompletionforallinvocationsofCMD.EXEonamachineand/or
userlogonsessionbysettingeitherorbothofthefollowingREG_DWORD
valuesintheregistryusingREGEDIT.EXE:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\CommandProcessor\CompletionChar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\CommandProcessor\PathCompletionChar
and/or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CommandProcessor\CompletionChar
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CommandProcessor\PathCompletionChar
withthehexvalueofacontrolcharactertouseforaparticular
function(e.g.0x4isCtrlDand0x6isCtrlF).Theuserspecific
settingstakeprecedenceoverthemachinesettings.Thecommandline
switchestakeprecedenceovertheregistrysettings.
Ifcompletionisenabledwiththe/F:ONswitch,thetwocontrol
charactersusedareCtrlDfordirectorynamecompletionandCtrlFfor
filenamecompletion.Todisableaparticularcompletioncharacterin
theregistry,usethevalueforspace(0x20)asitisnotavalid
controlcharacter.
Completionisinvokedwhenyoutypeeitherofthetwocontrol
characters.Thecompletionfunctiontakesthepathstringtotheleft
ofthecursorappendsawildcardcharactertoitifnoneisalready
presentandbuildsupalistofpathsthatmatch.Itthendisplaysthe
firstmatchingpath.Ifnopathsmatch,itjustbeepsandleavesthe
displayalone.Thereafter,repeatedpressingofthesamecontrol
characterwillcyclethroughthelistofmatchingpaths.Pressingthe
Shiftkeywiththecontrolcharacterwillmovethroughthelist
backwards.Ifyoueditthelineinanywayandpressthecontrol
characteragain,thesavedlistofmatchingpathsisdiscardedandanew
onegenerated.Thesameoccursifyouswitchbetweenfileanddirectory
namecompletion.Theonlydifferencebetweenthetwocontrolcharacters
isthefilecompletioncharactermatchesbothfileanddirectorynames,
whilethedirectorycompletioncharacteronlymatchesdirectorynames.
Iffilecompletionisusedonanyofthebuiltindirectorycommands
(CD,MDorRD)thendirectorycompletionisassumed.
Thecompletioncodedealscorrectlywithfilenamesthatcontainspaces
orotherspecialcharactersbyplacingquotesaroundthematchingpath.
Also,ifyoubackup,theninvokecompletionfromwithinaline,the
texttotherightofthecursoratthepointcompletionwasinvokedis
discarded.
Thespecialcharactersthatrequirequotesare:
<space>
&()[]{}^=;!'+,`~
COLOR
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Setsthedefaultconsoleforegroundandbackgroundcolors.
COLOR[attr]
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attrSpecifiescolorattributeofconsoleoutput
ColorattributesarespecifiedbyTWOhexdigitsthefirst
correspondstothebackground;thesecondtheforeground.Eachdigit
canbeanyofthefollowingvalues:
0=Black8=Gray
1=Blue9=LightBlue
2=GreenA=LightGreen
3=AquaB=LightAqua
4=RedC=LightRed
5=PurpleD=LightPurple
6=YellowE=LightYellow
7=WhiteF=BrightWhite
Ifnoargumentisgiven,thiscommandrestoresthecolortowhatitwas
whenCMD.EXEstarted.Thisvalueeithercomesfromthecurrentconsole
window,the/TcommandlineswitchorfromtheDefaultColorregistry
value.
TheCOLORcommandsetsERRORLEVELto1ifanattemptismadetoexecute
theCOLORcommandwithaforegroundandbackgroundcolorthatarethe
same.
Example:"COLORfc"produceslightredonbrightwhite
COMP
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Comparesthecontentsoftwofilesorsetsoffiles.
COMP[data1][data2][/D][/A][/L][/N=number][/C][/OFF[LINE]]
data1Specifieslocationandname(s)offirstfile(s)tocompare.
data2Specifieslocationandname(s)ofsecondfilestocompare.
/DDisplaysdifferencesindecimalformat.
/ADisplaysdifferencesinASCIIcharacters.
/LDisplayslinenumbersfordifferences.
/N=numberComparesonlythefirstspecifiednumberoflinesineachfile.
/CDisregardscaseofASCIIletterswhencomparingfiles.
/OFF[LINE]Donotskipfileswithofflineattributeset.
Tocomparesetsoffiles,usewildcardsindata1anddata2parameters.
COMPACT
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DisplaysoraltersthecompressionoffilesonNTFSpartitions.
COMPACT[/C|/U][/S[:dir]][/A][/I][/F][/Q][filename[...]]
/CCompressesthespecifiedfiles.Directorieswillbemarked
sothatfilesaddedafterwardwillbecompressed.
/UUncompressesthespecifiedfiles.Directorieswillbemarked
sothatfilesaddedafterwardwillnotbecompressed.
/SPerformsthespecifiedoperationonfilesinthegiven
directoryandallsubdirectories.Default"dir"isthe
currentdirectory.
/ADisplaysfileswiththehiddenorsystemattributes.These
filesareomittedbydefault.
/IContinuesperformingthespecifiedoperationevenaftererrors
haveoccurred.Bydefault,COMPACTstopswhenanerroris
encountered.
/FForcesthecompressoperationonallspecifiedfiles,even
thosewhicharealreadycompressed.Alreadycompressedfiles
areskippedbydefault.
/QReportsonlythemostessentialinformation.
filenameSpecifiesapattern,file,ordirectory.
Usedwithoutparameters,COMPACTdisplaysthecompressionstateof
thecurrentdirectoryandanyfilesitcontains.Youmayusemultiple
filenamesandwildcards.Youmustputspacesbetweenmultiple
parameters.
CONVERT
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ConvertsaFATvolumetoNTFS.
CONVERTvolume/FS:NTFS[/V][/CvtArea:filename][/NoSecurity][/X]
/FS:NTFSSpecifiesthatthevolumewillbeconvertedtoNTFS.
/VSpecifiesthatConvertwillberuninverbosemode.
/CvtArea:filename
Specifiesacontiguousfileintherootdirectory
thatwillbetheplaceholderforNTFSsystemfiles.
/NoSecuritySpecifiesthatthesecuritysettingsontheconverted
filesanddirectoriesallowaccessbyallusers.
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/XForcesthevolumetodismountfirstifnecessary.
Allopenhandlestothevolumewillnotbevalid.
COPY
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Copiesoneormorefilestoanotherlocation.
COPY[/D][/V][/N][/Y|/Y][/Z][/L][/A|/B]source[/A|/B]
[+source[/A|/B][+...]][destination[/A|/B]]
sourceSpecifiesthefileorfilestobecopied.
/AIndicatesanASCIItextfile.
/BIndicatesabinaryfile.
/DAllowthedestinationfiletobecreateddecrypted
destinationSpecifiesthedirectoryand/orfilenameforthenewfile(s).
/VVerifiesthatnewfilesarewrittencorrectly.
/NUsesshortfilename,ifavailable,whencopyingafilewitha
non8dot3name.
/YSuppressespromptingtoconfirmyouwanttooverwritean
existingdestinationfile.
/YCausespromptingtoconfirmyouwanttooverwritean
/ZCopiesnetworkedfilesinrestartablemode.
/LIfthesourceisasymboliclink,copythelinktothetarget
insteadoftheactualfilethesourcelinkpointsto.
Theswitch/YmaybepresetintheCOPYCMDenvironmentvariable.
Thismaybeoverriddenwith/Yonthecommandline.Defaultis
topromptonoverwritesunlessCOPYcommandisbeingexecutedfrom
withinabatchscript.
Toappendfiles,specifyasinglefilefordestination,butmultiplefiles
forsource(usingwildcardsorfile1+file2+file3format).
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Displaysorsetsthedate.
DATE[/T|date]
TypeDATEwithoutparameterstodisplaythecurrentdatesettingand
apromptforanewone.PressENTERtokeepthesamedate.
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledtheDATEcommandsupports
the/Tswitchwhichtellsthecommandtojustoutputthe
currentdate,withoutpromptingforanewdate.
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DEL[/P][/F][/S][/Q][/A[[:]attributes]]names
ERASE[/P][/F][/S][/Q][/A[[:]attributes]]names
namesSpecifiesalistofoneormorefilesordirectories.
Wildcardsmaybeusedtodeletemultiplefiles.Ifa
directoryisspecified,allfileswithinthedirectory
willbedeleted.
/PPromptsforconfirmationbeforedeletingeachfile.
/FForcedeletingofreadonlyfiles.
/SDeletespecifiedfilesfromallsubdirectories.
/QQuietmode,donotaskifoktodeleteonglobalwildcard
/ASelectsfilestodeletebasedonattributes
attributesRReadonlyfilesSSystemfiles
HHiddenfilesAFilesreadyforarchiving
INotcontentindexedFilesLReparsePoints
Prefixmeaningnot
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledDELandERASEchangeasfollows:
Thedisplaysemanticsofthe/Sswitcharereversedinthatitshows
youonlythefilesthataredeleted,nottheonesitcouldnotfind.
DIR
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Displaysalistoffilesandsubdirectoriesinadirectory.
DIR[drive:][path][filename][/A[[:]attributes]][/B][/C][/D][/L][/N]
[/O[[:]sortorder]][/P][/Q][/R][/S][/T[[:]timefield]][/W][/X][/4]
[drive:][path][filename]
Specifiesdrive,directory,and/orfilestolist.
/ADisplaysfileswithspecifiedattributes.
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attributesDDirectoriesRReadonlyfiles
SSystemfilesINotcontentindexedfiles
LReparsePointsPrefixmeaningnot
/BUsesbareformat(noheadinginformationorsummary).
/CDisplaythethousandseparatorinfilesizes.Thisisthe
default.Use/Ctodisabledisplayofseparator.
/DSameaswidebutfilesarelistsortedbycolumn.
/LUseslowercase.
/NNewlonglistformatwherefilenamesareonthefarright.
/OListbyfilesinsortedorder.
sortorderNByname(alphabetic)SBysize(smallestfirst)
EByextension(alphabetic)DBydate/time(oldestfirst)
GGroupdirectoriesfirstPrefixtoreverseorder
/PPausesaftereachscreenfulofinformation.
/QDisplaytheownerofthefile.
/RDisplayalternatedatastreamsofthefile.
/SDisplaysfilesinspecifieddirectoryandallsubdirectories.
/TControlswhichtimefielddisplayedorusedforsorting
timefieldCCreation
ALastAccess
WLastWritten
/WUseswidelistformat.
/XThisdisplaystheshortnamesgeneratedfornon8dot3file
names.Theformatisthatof/Nwiththeshortnameinserted
beforethelongname.Ifnoshortnameispresent,blanksare
displayedinitsplace.
/4Displaysfourdigityears
SwitchesmaybepresetintheDIRCMDenvironmentvariable.Override
presetswitchesbyprefixinganyswitchwith(hyphen)forexample,/W.
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DISKCOPY
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DISKPART
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DOSKEY
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Comparesthecontentsoftwofloppydisks.
DISKCOMP[drive1:[drive2:]]
Copiesthecontentsofonefloppydisktoanother.
DISKCOPY[drive1:[drive2:]][/V]
/VVerifiesthattheinformationiscopiedcorrectly.
Thetwofloppydisksmustbethesametype.
Youmayspecifythesamedrivefordrive1anddrive2.
Accessisdenied.
Editscommandlines,recallsWindowscommands,andcreatesmacros.
DOSKEY[/REINSTALL][/LISTSIZE=size][/MACROS[:ALL|:exename]]
[/HISTORY][/INSERT|/OVERSTRIKE][/EXENAME=exename][/MACROFILE=filename]
[macroname=[text]]
/REINSTALLInstallsanewcopyofDoskey.
/LISTSIZE=sizeSetssizeofcommandhistorybuffer.
/MACROSDisplaysallDoskeymacros.
/MACROS:ALLDisplaysallDoskeymacrosforallexecutableswhichhave
Doskeymacros.
/MACROS:exenameDisplaysallDoskeymacrosforthegivenexecutable.
/HISTORYDisplaysallcommandsstoredinmemory.
/INSERTSpecifiesthatnewtextyoutypeisinsertedinoldtext.
/OVERSTRIKESpecifiesthatnewtextoverwritesoldtext.
/EXENAME=exenameSpecifiestheexecutable.
/MACROFILE=filenameSpecifiesafileofmacrostoinstall.
macronameSpecifiesanameforamacroyoucreate.
textSpecifiescommandsyouwanttorecord.
UPandDOWNARROWSrecallcommands;ESCclearscommandline;F7displays
commandhistory;ALT+F7clearscommandhistory;F8searchescommand
history;F9selectsacommandbynumber;ALT+F10clearsmacrodefinitions.
ThefollowingaresomespecialcodesinDoskeymacrodefinitions:
$TCommandseparator.Allowsmultiplecommandsinamacro.
$1$9Batchparameters.Equivalentto%1%9inbatchprograms.
$*Symbolreplacedbyeverythingfollowingmacronameoncommandline.
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DRIVERQUERY[/Ssystem[/Uusername[/P[password]]]]
[/FOformat][/NH][/SI][/V]
Description:
Enablesanadministratortodisplayalistof
installeddevicedrivers.
ParameterList:
/SsystemSpecifiestheremotesystemtoconnectto.
/U[domain\]userSpecifiestheusercontext
underwhichthecommandshouldexecute.
/P[password]Specifythepasswordforthegiven
usercontext.
/FOformatSpecifiesthetypeofoutputtodisplay.
Validvaluestobepassedwiththe
switchare"TABLE","LIST","CSV".
/NHSpecifiesthatthe"ColumnHeader"
shouldnotbedisplayed.Validfor
"TABLE"and"CSV"formatonly.
/SIProvidesinformationaboutsigneddrivers.
/VDisplaysverboseoutput.Notvalid
forsigneddrivers.
/?Displaysthishelpmessage.
Examples:
DRIVERQUERY
DRIVERQUERY/FOCSV/SI
DRIVERQUERY/NH
DRIVERQUERY/Sipaddress/Uuser/V
DRIVERQUERY/Ssystem/Udomain\user/Ppassword/FOLIST
ECHO
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ENDLOCAL
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Displaysmessages,orturnscommandechoingonoroff.
ECHO[ON|OFF]
ECHO[message]
TypeECHOwithoutparameterstodisplaythecurrentechosetting.
Endslocalizationofenvironmentchangesinabatchfile.
EnvironmentchangesmadeafterENDLOCALhasbeenissuedare
notlocaltothebatchfile;theprevioussettingsarenot
restoredonterminationofthebatchfile.
ENDLOCAL
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledENDLOCALchangesasfollows:
IfthecorrespondingSETLOCALenableordisabledcommandextensions
usingthenewENABLEEXTENSIONSorDISABLEEXTENSIONSoptions,then
aftertheENDLOCAL,theenabled/disabledstateofcommandextensions
willberestoredtowhatitwaspriortothematchingSETLOCAL
commandexecution.
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DEL[/P][/F][/S][/Q][/A[[:]attributes]]names
ERASE[/P][/F][/S][/Q][/A[[:]attributes]]names
namesSpecifiesalistofoneormorefilesordirectories.
Wildcardsmaybeusedtodeletemultiplefiles.Ifa
directoryisspecified,allfileswithinthedirectory
willbedeleted.
/PPromptsforconfirmationbeforedeletingeachfile.
/FForcedeletingofreadonlyfiles.
/SDeletespecifiedfilesfromallsubdirectories.
/QQuietmode,donotaskifoktodeleteonglobalwildcard
/ASelectsfilestodeletebasedonattributes
attributesRReadonlyfilesSSystemfiles
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INotcontentindexedFilesLReparsePoints
Prefixmeaningnot
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledDELandERASEchangeasfollows:
Thedisplaysemanticsofthe/Sswitcharereversedinthatitshows
youonlythefilesthataredeleted,nottheonesitcouldnotfind.
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QuitstheCMD.EXEprogram(commandinterpreter)orthecurrentbatch
script.
EXIT[/B][exitCode]
/Bspecifiestoexitthecurrentbatchscriptinsteadof
CMD.EXE.Ifexecutedfromoutsideabatchscript,it
willquitCMD.EXE
exitCodespecifiesanumericnumber.if/Bisspecified,sets
ERRORLEVELthatnumber.IfquittingCMD.EXE,setstheprocess
exitcodewiththatnumber.
FC
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Comparestwofilesorsetsoffilesanddisplaysthedifferencesbetween
them
FC[/A][/C][/L][/LBn][/N][/OFF[LINE]][/T][/U][/W][/nnnn]
[drive1:][path1]filename1[drive2:][path2]filename2
FC/B[drive1:][path1]filename1[drive2:][path2]filename2
/ADisplaysonlyfirstandlastlinesforeachsetofdifferences.
/BPerformsabinarycomparison.
/CDisregardsthecaseofletters.
/LComparesfilesasASCIItext.
/LBnSetsthemaximumconsecutivemismatchestothespecified
numberoflines.
/NDisplaysthelinenumbersonanASCIIcomparison.
/TDoesnotexpandtabstospaces.
/UComparefilesasUNICODEtextfiles.
/WCompresseswhitespace(tabsandspaces)forcomparison.
/nnnnSpecifiesthenumberofconsecutivelinesthatmustmatch
afteramismatch.
[drive1:][path1]filename1
Specifiesthefirstfileorsetoffilestocompare.
[drive2:][path2]filename2
Specifiesthesecondfileorsetoffilestocompare.
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Searchesforatextstringinafileorfiles.
FIND[/V][/C][/N][/I][/OFF[LINE]]"string"[[drive:][path]filename[...]]
/VDisplaysalllinesNOTcontainingthespecifiedstring.
/CDisplaysonlythecountoflinescontainingthestring.
/NDisplayslinenumberswiththedisplayedlines.
/IIgnoresthecaseofcharacterswhensearchingforthestring.
"string"Specifiesthetextstringtofind.
[drive:][path]filename
Specifiesafileorfilestosearch.
Ifapathisnotspecified,FINDsearchesthetexttypedattheprompt
orpipedfromanothercommand.
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Searchesforstringsinfiles.
FINDSTR[/B][/E][/L][/R][/S][/I][/X][/V][/N][/M][/O][/P][/F:file]
[/C:string][/G:file][/D:dirlist][/A:colorattributes][/OFF[LINE]]
strings[[drive:][path]filename[...]]
/BMatchespatternifatthebeginningofaline.
/EMatchespatternifattheendofaline.
/LUsessearchstringsliterally.
/RUsessearchstringsasregularexpressions.
/SSearchesformatchingfilesinthecurrentdirectoryandall
subdirectories.
/ISpecifiesthatthesearchisnottobecasesensitive.
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/XPrintslinesthatmatchexactly.
/VPrintsonlylinesthatdonotcontainamatch.
/NPrintsthelinenumberbeforeeachlinethatmatches.
/MPrintsonlythefilenameifafilecontainsamatch.
/OPrintscharacteroffsetbeforeeachmatchingline.
/PSkipfileswithnonprintablecharacters.
/A:attrSpecifiescolorattributewithtwohexdigits.See"color/?"
/F:fileReadsfilelistfromthespecifiedfile(/standsforconsole).
/C:stringUsesspecifiedstringasaliteralsearchstring.
/G:fileGetssearchstringsfromthespecifiedfile(/standsforconsole).
/D:dirSearchasemicolondelimitedlistofdirectories
stringsTexttobesearchedfor.
[drive:][path]filename
Specifiesafileorfilestosearch.
Usespacestoseparatemultiplesearchstringsunlesstheargumentisprefixed
with/C.Forexample,'FINDSTR"hellothere"x.y'searchesfor"hello"or
"there"infilex.y.'FINDSTR/C:"hellothere"x.y'searchesfor
"hellothere"infilex.y.
Regularexpressionquickreference:
.Wildcard:anycharacter
*Repeat:zeroormoreoccurrencesofpreviouscharacterorclass
^Lineposition:beginningofline
$Lineposition:endofline
[class]Characterclass:anyonecharacterinset
[^class]Inverseclass:anyonecharacternotinset
[xy]Range:anycharacterswithinthespecifiedrange
\xEscape:literaluseofmetacharacterx
\<xyzWordposition:beginningofword
xyz\>Wordposition:endofword
ForfullinformationonFINDSTRregularexpressionsrefertotheonlineCommand
Reference.
FOR
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Runsaspecifiedcommandforeachfileinasetoffiles.
FOR%variableIN(set)DOcommand[commandparameters]
%variableSpecifiesasingleletterreplaceableparameter.
(set)Specifiesasetofoneormorefiles.Wildcardsmaybeused.
commandSpecifiesthecommandtocarryoutforeachfile.
commandparameters
Specifiesparametersorswitchesforthespecifiedcommand.
TousetheFORcommandinabatchprogram,specify%%variableinstead
of%variable.Variablenamesarecasesensitive,so%iisdifferent
from%I.
IfCommandExtensionsareenabled,thefollowingadditional
formsoftheFORcommandaresupported:
FOR/D%variableIN(set)DOcommand[commandparameters]
Ifsetcontainswildcards,thenspecifiestomatchagainstdirectory
namesinsteadoffilenames.
FOR/R[[drive:]path]%variableIN(set)DOcommand[commandparameters]
Walksthedirectorytreerootedat[drive:]path,executingtheFOR
statementineachdirectoryofthetree.Ifnodirectory
specificationisspecifiedafter/Rthenthecurrentdirectoryis
assumed.Ifsetisjustasingleperiod(.)characterthenit
willjustenumeratethedirectorytree.
FOR/L%variableIN(start,step,end)DOcommand[commandparameters]
Thesetisasequenceofnumbersfromstarttoend,bystepamount.
So(1,1,5)wouldgeneratethesequence12345and(5,1,1)would
generatethesequence(54321)
FOR/F["options"]%variableIN(fileset)DOcommand[commandparameters]
FOR/F["options"]%variableIN("string")DOcommand[commandparameters]
FOR/F["options"]%variableIN('command')DOcommand[commandparameters]
or,ifusebackqoptionpresent:
FOR/F["options"]%variableIN(fileset)DOcommand[commandparameters]
FOR/F["options"]%variableIN('string')DOcommand[commandparameters]
FOR/F["options"]%variableIN(`command`)DOcommand[commandparameters]
filesetisoneormorefilenames.Eachfileisopened,read
andprocessedbeforegoingontothenextfileinfileset.
Processingconsistsofreadinginthefile,breakingitupinto
individuallinesoftextandthenparsingeachlineintozeroor
moretokens.Thebodyoftheforloopisthencalledwiththe
variablevalue(s)settothefoundtokenstring(s).Bydefault,/F
passesthefirstblankseparatedtokenfromeachlineofeachfile.
Blanklinesareskipped.Youcanoverridethedefaultparsing
behaviorbyspecifyingtheoptional"options"parameter.This
isaquotedstringwhichcontainsoneormorekeywordstospecify
differentparsingoptions.Thekeywordsare:
eol=cspecifiesanendoflinecommentcharacter
(justone)
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skip=nspecifiesthenumberoflinestoskipatthe
beginningofthefile.
delims=xxxspecifiesadelimiterset.Thisreplacesthe
defaultdelimitersetofspaceandtab.
tokens=x,y,mnspecifieswhichtokensfromeachlineareto
bepassedtotheforbodyforeachiteration.
Thiswillcauseadditionalvariablenamesto
beallocated.Themnformisarange,
specifyingthemththroughthenthtokens.If
thelastcharacterinthetokens=stringisan
asterisk,thenanadditionalvariableis
allocatedandreceivestheremainingtexton
thelineafterthelasttokenparsed.
usebackqspecifiesthatthenewsemanticsareinforce,
whereabackquotedstringisexecutedasa
commandandasinglequotedstringisa
literalstringcommandandallowstheuseof
doublequotestoquotefilenamesin
fileset.
Someexamplesmighthelp:
FOR/F"eol=;tokens=2,3*delims=,"%iin(myfile.txt)do@echo%i%j%k
wouldparseeachlineinmyfile.txt,ignoringlinesthatbeginwith
asemicolon,passingthe2ndand3rdtokenfromeachlinetothefor
body,withtokensdelimitedbycommasand/orspaces.Noticethefor
bodystatementsreference%itogetthe2ndtoken,%jtogetthe
3rdtoken,and%ktogetallremainingtokensafterthe3rd.For
filenamesthatcontainspaces,youneedtoquotethefilenameswith
doublequotes.Inordertousedoublequotesinthismanner,youalso
needtousetheusebackqoption,otherwisethedoublequoteswillbe
interpretedasdefiningaliteralstringtoparse.
%iisexplicitlydeclaredintheforstatementandthe%jand%k
areimplicitlydeclaredviathetokens=option.Youcanspecifyup
to26tokensviathetokens=line,provideditdoesnotcausean
attempttodeclareavariablehigherthantheletter'z'or'Z'.
Remember,FORvariablesaresingleletter,casesensitive,global,
andyoucan'thavemorethan52totalactiveatanyonetime.
YoucanalsousetheFOR/Fparsinglogiconanimmediatestring,by
makingthefilesetbetweentheparenthesisaquotedstring,
usingsinglequotecharacters.Itwillbetreatedasasingleline
ofinputfromafileandparsed.
Finally,youcanusetheFOR/Fcommandtoparsetheoutputofa
command.Youdothisbymakingthefilesetbetweenthe
parenthesisabackquotedstring.Itwillbetreatedasacommand
line,whichispassedtoachildCMD.EXEandtheoutputiscaptured
intomemoryandparsedasifitwasafile.Sothefollowing
example:
FOR/F"usebackqdelims=="%iIN(`set`)DO@echo%i
wouldenumeratetheenvironmentvariablenamesinthecurrent
environment.
Inaddition,substitutionofFORvariablereferenceshasbeenenhanced.
Youcannowusethefollowingoptionalsyntax:
%~Iexpands%Iremovinganysurroundingquotes(")
%~fIexpands%Itoafullyqualifiedpathname
%~dIexpands%Itoadriveletteronly
%~pIexpands%Itoapathonly
%~nIexpands%Itoafilenameonly
%~xIexpands%Itoafileextensiononly
%~sIexpandedpathcontainsshortnamesonly
%~aIexpands%Itofileattributesoffile
%~tIexpands%Itodate/timeoffile
%~zIexpands%Itosizeoffile
%~$PATH:IsearchesthedirectorieslistedinthePATH
environmentvariableandexpands%Itothe
fullyqualifiednameofthefirstonefound.
Iftheenvironmentvariablenameisnot
definedorthefileisnotfoundbythe
search,thenthismodifierexpandstothe
emptystring
Themodifierscanbecombinedtogetcompoundresults:
%~dpIexpands%Itoadriveletterandpathonly
%~nxIexpands%Itoafilenameandextensiononly
%~fsIexpands%Itoafullpathnamewithshortnamesonly
%~dp$PATH:IsearchesthedirectorieslistedinthePATH
environmentvariablefor%Iandexpandstothe
driveletterandpathofthefirstonefound.
%~ftzaIexpands%ItoaDIRlikeoutputline
Intheaboveexamples%IandPATHcanbereplacedbyothervalid
values.The%~syntaxisterminatedbyavalidFORvariablename.
Pickinguppercasevariablenameslike%Imakesitmorereadableand
avoidsconfusionwiththemodifiers,whicharenotcasesensitive.
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FormatsadiskforusewithWindows.
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FORMATvolume[/FS:filesystem][/V:label][/Q][/A:size][/C][/X][/P:passes][/S:state]
FORMATvolume[/V:label][/Q][/F:size][/P:passes]
FORMATvolume[/V:label][/Q][/T:tracks/N:sectors][/P:passes]
FORMATvolume[/V:label][/Q][/P:passes]
FORMATvolume[/Q]
/FS:filesystemSpecifiesthetypeofthefilesystem(FAT,FAT32,exFAT,NTFS,
orUDF).
/V:labelSpecifiesthevolumelabel.
/QPerformsaquickformat.Notethatthisswitchoverrides/P.
/CNTFSonly:Filescreatedonthenewvolumewillbecompressed
bydefault.
/XForcesthevolumetodismountfirstifnecessary.Allopened
handlestothevolumewouldnolongerbevalid.
/R:revisionUDFonly:ForcestheformattoaspecificUDFversion
(1.02,1.50,2.00,2.01,2.50).Thedefault
revisionis2.01.
/DUDF2.50only:Metadatawillbeduplicated.
/A:sizeOverridesthedefaultallocationunitsize.Defaultsettings
arestronglyrecommendedforgeneraluse.
NTFSsupports512,1024,2048,4096,8192,16K,32K,64K.
FATsupports512,1024,2048,4096,8192,16K,32K,64K,
(128K,256Kforsectorsize>512bytes).
FAT32supports512,1024,2048,4096,8192,16K,32K,64K,
(128K,256Kforsectorsize>512bytes).
exFATsupports512,1024,2048,4096,8192,16K,32K,64K,
128K,256K,512K,1M,2M,4M,8M,16M,32M.
NotethattheFATandFAT32filessystemsimposethe
followingrestrictionsonthenumberofclustersonavolume:
FAT:Numberofclusters<=65526
FAT32:65526<Numberofclusters<4177918
Formatwillimmediatelystopprocessingifitdecidesthat
theaboverequirementscannotbemetusingthespecified
clustersize.
NTFScompressionisnotsupportedforallocationunitsizes
above4096.
/F:sizeSpecifiesthesizeofthefloppydisktoformat(1.44)
/T:tracksSpecifiesthenumberoftracksperdiskside.
/N:sectorsSpecifiesthenumberofsectorspertrack.
/P:passesZeroeverysectoronthevolumepassestimes.Thisswitchis
notvalidwith/Q
/S:stateWhere"state"iseither"enable"or"disable"
Shortnamesareenabledbydefault
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TheFSUTILutilityrequiresthatyouhaveadministrativeprivileges.
FTYPE
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Displaysormodifiesfiletypesusedinfileextensionassociations
FTYPE[fileType[=[openCommandString]]]
fileTypeSpecifiesthefiletypetoexamineorchange
openCommandStringSpecifiestheopencommandtousewhenlaunchingfiles
ofthistype.
TypeFTYPEwithoutparameterstodisplaythecurrentfiletypesthat
haveopencommandstringsdefined.FTYPEisinvokedwithjustafile
type,itdisplaysthecurrentopencommandstringforthatfiletype.
SpecifynothingfortheopencommandstringandtheFTYPEcommandwill
deletetheopencommandstringforthefiletype.Withinanopen
commandstring%0or%1aresubstitutedwiththefilenamebeing
launchedthroughtheassocation.%*getsalltheparametersand%2
getsthe1stparameter,%3thesecond,etc.%~ngetsalltheremaining
parametersstartingwiththenthparameter,wherenmaybebetween2and9,
inclusive.Forexample:
ASSOC.pl=PerlScript
FTYPEPerlScript=perl.exe%1%*
wouldallowyoutoinvokeaPerlscriptasfollows:
script.pl123
Ifyouwanttoeliminatetheneedtotypetheextensions,thendothe
following:
setPATHEXT=.pl;%PATHEXT%
andthescriptcouldbeinvokedasfollows:
script123
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Directscmd.exetoalabeledlineinabatchprogram.
GOTOlabel
labelSpecifiesatextstringusedinthebatchprogramasalabel.
Youtypealabelonalinebyitself,beginningwithacolon.
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledGOTOchangesasfollows:
GOTOcommandnowacceptsatargetlabelof:EOFwhichtransferscontrol
totheendofthecurrentbatchscriptfile.Thisisaneasywayto
exitabatchscriptfilewithoutdefiningalabel.TypeCALL/?fora
descriptionofextensionstotheCALLcommandthatmakethisfeature
useful.
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GPRESULT[/Ssystem[/Uusername[/P[password]]]][/SCOPEscope]
[/USERtargetusername][/R|/V|/Z]
Description:
ThiscommandlinetooldisplaystheResultantSetofPolicy(RSoP)
informationforatargetuserandcomputer.
ParameterList:
/U[domain\]userSpecifiestheusercontextunderwhichthe
commandshouldexecute.
/P[password]Specifiesthepasswordforthegivenuser
context.Promptsforinputifomitted.
/SCOPEscopeSpecifieswhethertheuserorthe
computersettingsneedstobedisplayed.
Validvalues:"USER","COMPUTER".
/USER[domain\]userSpecifiestheusernameforwhichthe
RSOPdataistobedisplayed.
/RDisplaysRSoPsummarydata.
/VSpecifiesthatverboseinformationshould
bedisplayed.Verboseinformationprovides
additionaldetailedsettingsthathave
beenappliedwithaprecedenceof1.
/ZSpecifiesthatthesuperverbose
informationshouldbedisplayed.Super
verboseinformationprovidesadditional
detailedsettingsthathavebeenapplied
withaprecedenceof1andhigher.This
allowsyoutoseeifasettingwassetin
multipleplaces.SeetheGroupPolicy
onlinehelptopicformoreinformation.
Examples:
GPRESULT/R
GPRESULT/USERtargetusername/V
GPRESULT/Ssystem/USERtargetusername/SCOPECOMPUTER/Z
GPRESULT/Ssystem/Uusername/Ppassword/SCOPEUSER/V
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'GRAFTABL'isnotrecognizedasaninternalorexternalcommand,
operableprogramorbatchfile.
HELP
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ICACLS
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ProvideshelpinformationforWindowscommands.
HELP[command]
commanddisplayshelpinformationonthatcommand.
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ICACLSname/saveaclfile[/T][/C][/L][/Q]
storestheDACLsforthefilesandfoldersthatmatchthename
intoaclfileforlaterusewith/restore.NotethatSACLs,
owner,orintegritylabelsarenotsaved.
ICACLSdirectory[/substituteSidOldSidNew[...]]/restoreaclfile
[/C][/L][/Q]
appliesthestoredDACLstofilesindirectory.
ICACLSname/setowneruser[/T][/C][/L][/Q]
changestheownerofallmatchingnames.Thisoptiondoesnot
forceachangeofownership;usethetakeown.exeutilityfor
thatpurpose.
ICACLSname/findsidSid[/T][/C][/L][/Q]
findsallmatchingnamesthatcontainanACL
explicitlymentioningSid.
ICACLSname/verify[/T][/C][/L][/Q]
findsallfileswhoseACLisnotincanonicalformorwhose
lengthsareinconsistentwithACEcounts.
ICACLSname/reset[/T][/C][/L][/Q]
replacesACLswithdefaultinheritedACLsforallmatchingfiles.
ICACLSname[/grant[:r]Sid:perm[...]]
[/denySid:perm[...]]
[/remove[:g|:d]]Sid[...]][/T][/C][/L][/Q]
[/setintegritylevelLevel:policy[...]]
/grant[:r]Sid:permgrantsthespecifieduseraccessrights.With:r,
thepermissionsreplaceanyprevioulygrantedexplicitpermissions.
Without:r,thepermissionsareaddedtoanypreviouslygranted
explicitpermissions.
/denySid:permexplicitlydeniesthespecifieduseraccessrights.
AnexplicitdenyACEisaddedforthestatedpermissionsand
thesamepermissionsinanyexplicitgrantareremoved.
/remove[:[g|d]]SidremovesalloccurrencesofSidintheACL.With
:g,itremovesalloccurrencesofgrantedrightstothatSid.With
:d,itremovesalloccurrencesofdeniedrightstothatSid.
/setintegritylevel[(CI)(OI)]Levelexplicitlyaddsanintegrity
ACEtoallmatchingfiles.Thelevelistobespecifiedasone
of:
L[ow]
M[edium]
H[igh]
InheritanceoptionsfortheintegrityACEmayprecedethelevel
andareappliedonlytodirectories.
/inheritance:e|d|r
eenablesinheritance
ddisablesinheritanceandcopytheACEs
rremoveallinheritedACEs
Note:
Sidsmaybeineithernumericalorfriendlynameform.Ifanumerical
formisgiven,affixa*tothestartoftheSID.
/Tindicatesthatthisoperationisperformedonallmatching
files/directoriesbelowthedirectoriesspecifiedinthename.
/Cindicatesthatthisoperationwillcontinueonallfileerrors.
Errormessageswillstillbedisplayed.
/Lindicatesthatthisoperationisperformedonasymboliclink
itselfversusitstarget.
/Qindicatesthaticaclsshouldsupresssuccessmessages.
ICACLSpreservesthecanonicalorderingofACEentries:
Explicitdenials
Explicitgrants
Inheriteddenials
Inheritedgrants
permisapermissionmaskandcanbespecifiedinoneoftwoforms:
asequenceofsimplerights:
Nnoaccess
Ffullaccess
Mmodifyaccess
RXreadandexecuteaccess
Rreadonlyaccess
Wwriteonlyaccess
Ddeleteaccess
acommaseparatedlistinparenthesesofspecificrights:
DEdelete
RCreadcontrol
WDACwriteDAC
WOwriteowner
Ssynchronize
ASaccesssystemsecurity
MAmaximumallowed
GRgenericread
GWgenericwrite
GEgenericexecute
GAgenericall
RDreaddata/listdirectory
WDwritedata/addfile
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ADappenddata/addsubdirectory
REAreadextendedattributes
WEAwriteextendedattributes
Xexecute/traverse
DCdeletechild
RAreadattributes
WAwriteattributes
inheritancerightsmayprecedeeitherformandareapplied
onlytodirectories:
(OI)objectinherit
(CI)containerinherit
(IO)inheritonly
(NP)don'tpropagateinherit
(I)permissioninheritedfromparentcontainer
Examples:
icaclsc:\windows\*/saveAclFile/T
WillsavetheACLsforallfilesunderc:\windows
anditssubdirectoriestoAclFile.
icaclsc:\windows\/restoreAclFile
WillrestoretheAclsforeveryfilewithin
AclFilethatexistsinc:\windowsanditssubdirectories.
icaclsfile/grantAdministrator:(D,WDAC)
WillgranttheuserAdministratorDeleteandWriteDAC
permissionstofile.
icaclsfile/grant*S110:(D,WDAC)
WillgranttheuserdefinedbysidS110Deleteand
WriteDACpermissionstofile.
IF
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Performsconditionalprocessinginbatchprograms.
IF[NOT]ERRORLEVELnumbercommand
IF[NOT]string1==string2command
IF[NOT]EXISTfilenamecommand
NOTSpecifiesthatWindowsshouldcarryout
thecommandonlyiftheconditionisfalse.
ERRORLEVELnumberSpecifiesatrueconditionifthelastprogramrun
returnedanexitcodeequaltoorgreaterthanthenumber
specified.
string1==string2Specifiesatrueconditionifthespecifiedtextstrings
match.
EXISTfilenameSpecifiesatrueconditionifthespecifiedfilename
exists.
commandSpecifiesthecommandtocarryoutiftheconditionis
met.CommandcanbefollowedbyELSEcommandwhich
willexecutethecommandaftertheELSEkeywordifthe
specifiedconditionisFALSE
TheELSEclausemustoccuronthesamelineasthecommandaftertheIF.For
example:
IFEXISTfilename.(
delfilename.
)ELSE(
echofilename.missing.
)
ThefollowingwouldNOTworkbecausethedelcommandneedstobeterminated
byanewline:
IFEXISTfilename.delfilename.ELSEechofilename.missing
Norwouldthefollowingwork,sincetheELSEcommandmustbeonthesameline
astheendoftheIFcommand:
IFEXISTfilename.delfilename.
ELSEechofilename.missing
Thefollowingwouldworkifyouwantitallononeline:
IFEXISTfilename.(delfilename.)ELSEechofilename.missing
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledIFchangesasfollows:
IF[/I]string1compareopstring2command
IFCMDEXTVERSIONnumbercommand
IFDEFINEDvariablecommand
wherecompareopmaybeoneof:
EQUequal
NEQnotequal
LSSlessthan
LEQlessthanorequal
GTRgreaterthan
GEQgreaterthanorequal
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andthe/Iswitch,ifspecified,saystodocaseinsensitivestring
compares.The/Iswitchcanalsobeusedonthestring1==string2form
ofIF.Thesecomparisonsaregeneric,inthatifbothstring1and
string2arebothcomprisedofallnumericdigits,thenthestringsare
convertedtonumbersandanumericcomparisonisperformed.
TheCMDEXTVERSIONconditionalworksjustlikeERRORLEVEL,exceptitis
comparingagainstaninternalversionnumberassociatedwiththeCommand
Extensions.Thefirstversionis1.Itwillbeincrementedbyonewhen
significantenhancementsareaddedtotheCommandExtensions.
CMDEXTVERSIONconditionalisnevertruewhenCommandExtensionsare
disabled.
TheDEFINEDconditionalworksjustlikeEXISTexceptittakesan
environmentvariablenameandreturnstrueiftheenvironmentvariable
isdefined.
%ERRORLEVEL%willexpandintoastringrepresentationof
thecurrentvalueofERRORLEVEL,providedthatthereisnotalready
anenvironmentvariablewiththenameERRORLEVEL,inwhichcaseyou
willgetitsvalueinstead.Afterrunningaprogram,thefollowing
illustratesERRORLEVELuse:
gotoanswer%ERRORLEVEL%
:answer0
echoProgramhadreturncode0
:answer1
echoProgramhadreturncode1
Youcanalsousenumericalcomparisonsabove:
IF%ERRORLEVEL%LEQ1gotookay
%CMDCMDLINE%willexpandintotheoriginalcommandlinepassedto
CMD.EXEpriortoanyprocessingbyCMD.EXE,providedthatthereisnot
alreadyanenvironmentvariablewiththenameCMDCMDLINE,inwhichcase
youwillgetitsvalueinstead.
%CMDEXTVERSION%willexpandintoastringrepresentationofthe
currentvalueofCMDEXTVERSION,providedthatthereisnotalready
anenvironmentvariablewiththenameCMDEXTVERSION,inwhichcaseyou
willgetitsvalueinstead.
LABEL
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Creates,changes,ordeletesthevolumelabelofadisk.
LABEL[drive:][label]
LABEL[/MP][volume][label]
drive:Specifiesthedriveletterofadrive.
labelSpecifiesthelabelofthevolume.
/MPSpecifiesthatthevolumeshouldbetreatedasa
mountpointorvolumename.
mountpoint,orvolumename.Ifvolumenameisspecified,
the/MPflagisunnecessary.
MD
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MKDIR
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Createsadirectory.
MKDIR[drive:]path
MD[drive:]path
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledMKDIRchangesasfollows:
MKDIRcreatesanyintermediatedirectoriesinthepath,ifneeded.
Forexample,assume\adoesnotexistthen:
mkdir\a\b\c\d
isthesameas:
mkdir\a
chdir\a
mkdirb
chdirb
mkdirc
chdirc
mkdird
Createsadirectory.
MKDIR[drive:]path
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MD[drive:]path
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledMKDIRchangesasfollows:
MKDIRcreatesanyintermediatedirectoriesinthepath,ifneeded.
Forexample,assume\adoesnotexistthen:
mkdir\a\b\c\d
isthesameas:
mkdir\a
chdir\a
mkdirb
chdirb
mkdirc
chdirc
mkdird
MKLINK
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Createsasymboliclink.
MKLINK[[/D]|[/H]|[/J]]LinkTarget
/DCreatesadirectorysymboliclink.Defaultisafile
symboliclink.
/HCreatesahardlinkinsteadofasymboliclink.
/JCreatesaDirectoryJunction.
Linkspecifiesthenewsymboliclinkname.
Targetspecifiesthepath(relativeorabsolute)thatthenewlink
refersto.
MODE
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Configuressystemdevices.
Serialport:MODECOMm[:][BAUD=b][PARITY=p][DATA=d][STOP=s]
[to=on|off][xon=on|off][odsr=on|off]
[octs=on|off][dtr=on|off|hs]
[rts=on|off|hs|tg][idsr=on|off]
DeviceStatus:MODE[device][/STATUS]
Redirectprinting:MODELPTn[:]=COMm[:]
Selectcodepage:MODECON[:]CPSELECT=yyy
Codepagestatus:MODECON[:]CP[/STATUS]
Displaymode:MODECON[:][COLS=c][LINES=n]
Typematicrate:MODECON[:][RATE=rDELAY=d]
MORE
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Displaysoutputonescreenatatime.
MORE[/E[/C][/P][/S][/Tn][+n]]<[drive:][path]filename
commandname|MORE[/E[/C][/P][/S][/Tn][+n]]
MORE/E[/C][/P][/S][/Tn][+n][files]
[drive:][path]filenameSpecifiesafiletodisplayone
screenatatime.
commandnameSpecifiesacommandwhoseoutput
willbedisplayed.
/EEnableextendedfeatures
/CClearscreenbeforedisplayingpage
/PExpandFormFeedcharacters
/SSqueezemultipleblanklinesintoasingleline
/TnExpandtabstonspaces(default8)
SwitchescanbepresentintheMOREenvironment
variable.
+nStartdisplayingthefirstfileatlinen
filesListoffilestobedisplayed.Filesinthelist
areseparatedbyblanks.
Ifextendedfeaturesareenabled,thefollowingcommands
areacceptedattheMoreprompt:
PnDisplaynextnlines
SnSkipnextnlines
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FDisplaynextfile
QQuit
=Showlinenumber
?Showhelpline
<space>Displaynextpage
<ret>Displaynextline
MOVE
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Movesfilesandrenamesfilesanddirectories.
Tomoveoneormorefiles:
MOVE[/Y|/Y][drive:][path]filename1[,...]destination
Torenameadirectory:
MOVE[/Y|/Y][drive:][path]dirname1dirname2
[drive:][path]filename1Specifiesthelocationandnameofthefile
orfilesyouwanttomove.
destinationSpecifiesthenewlocationofthefile.Destination
canconsistofadriveletterandcolon,a
directoryname,oracombination.Ifyouaremoving
onlyonefile,youcanalsoincludeafilenameif
youwanttorenamethefilewhenyoumoveit.
[drive:][path]dirname1Specifiesthedirectoryyouwanttorename.
dirname2Specifiesthenewnameofthedirectory.
/YSuppressespromptingtoconfirmyouwantto
overwriteanexistingdestinationfile.
/YCausespromptingtoconfirmyouwanttooverwrite
anexistingdestinationfile.
Theswitch/YmaybepresentintheCOPYCMDenvironmentvariable.
Thismaybeoverriddenwith/Yonthecommandline.Defaultis
topromptonoverwritesunlessMOVEcommandisbeingexecutedfrom
withinabatchscript.
OPENFILES
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OPENFILES/parameter[arguments]
Description:
Enablesanadministratortolistordisconnectfilesandfolders
thathavebeenopenedonasystem.
ParameterList:
/DisconnectDisconnectsoneormoreopenfiles.
/QueryDisplaysfilesopenedlocallyorfromshared
folders.
/LocalEnables/Disablesthedisplayoflocalopenfiles.
Examples:
OPENFILES/Disconnect/?
OPENFILES/Query/?
OPENFILES/Local/?
PATH
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Displaysorsetsasearchpathforexecutablefiles.
PATH[[drive:]path[;...][;%PATH%]
PATH;
TypePATH;toclearallsearchpathsettingsanddirectcmd.exetosearch
onlyinthecurrentdirectory.
TypePATHwithoutparameterstodisplaythecurrentpath.
Including%PATH%inthenewpathsettingcausestheoldpathtobe
appendedtothenewsetting.
PAUSE
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POPD
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Suspendsprocessingofabatchprogramanddisplaysthemessage
Pressanykeytocontinue...
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ChangestothedirectorystoredbythePUSHDcommand.
POPD
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledthePOPDcommandwilldelete
anytemporarydrivelettercreatedbyPUSHDwhenyouPOPDthat
driveoffthepusheddirectorystack.
PRINT
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PROMPT
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Printsatextfile.
PRINT[/D:device][[drive:][path]filename[...]]
/D:deviceSpecifiesaprintdevice.
Changesthecmd.execommandprompt.
PROMPT[text]
textSpecifiesanewcommandprompt.
Promptcanbemadeupofnormalcharactersandthefollowingspecialcodes:
$A&(Ampersand)
$B|(pipe)
$C((Leftparenthesis)
$DCurrentdate
$EEscapecode(ASCIIcode27)
$F)(Rightparenthesis)
$G>(greaterthansign)
$HBackspace(erasespreviouscharacter)
$L<(lessthansign)
$NCurrentdrive
$PCurrentdriveandpath
$Q=(equalsign)
$S(space)
$TCurrenttime
$VWindowsversionnumber
$_Carriagereturnandlinefeed
$$$(dollarsign)
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledthePROMPTcommandsupports
thefollowingadditionalformattingcharacters:
$+zeroormoreplussign(+)charactersdependinguponthe
depthofthePUSHDdirectorystack,onecharacterforeach
levelpushed.
$MDisplaystheremotenameassociatedwiththecurrentdrive
letterortheemptystringifcurrentdriveisnotanetwork
drive.
PUSHD
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StoresthecurrentdirectoryforusebythePOPDcommand,then
changestothespecifieddirectory.
PUSHD[path|..]
pathSpecifiesthedirectorytomakethecurrentdirectory.
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledthePUSHDcommandaccepts
networkpathsinadditiontothenormaldriveletterandpath.
Ifanetworkpathisspecified,PUSHDwillcreateatemporary
driveletterthatpointstothatspecifiednetworkresourceand
thenchangethecurrentdriveanddirectory,usingthenewly
defineddriveletter.Temporarydrivelettersareallocatedfrom
Z:ondown,usingthefirstunuseddriveletterfound.
RD
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Removes(deletes)adirectory.
RMDIR[/S][/Q][drive:]path
RD[/S][/Q][drive:]path
/SRemovesalldirectoriesandfilesinthespecifieddirectory
inadditiontothedirectoryitself.Usedtoremoveadirectory
tree.
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/QQuietmode,donotaskifoktoremoveadirectorytreewith/S
RECOVER
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REM
TOP
REN
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Recoversreadableinformationfromabadordefectivedisk.
RECOVER[drive:][path]filename
ConsulttheonlineCommandReferenceinWindowsHelp
beforeusingtheRECOVERcommand.
Recordscomments(remarks)inabatchfileorCONFIG.SYS.
REM[comment]
RENAME[drive:][path]filename1filename2.
REN[drive:][path]filename1filename2.
Notethatyoucannotspecifyanewdriveorpathforyourdestinationfile.
RENAME
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RENAME[drive:][path]filename1filename2.
REN[drive:][path]filename1filename2.
Notethatyoucannotspecifyanewdriveorpathforyourdestinationfile.
REPLACE
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Replacesfiles.
REPLACE[drive1:][path1]filename[drive2:][path2][/A][/P][/R][/W]
REPLACE[drive1:][path1]filename[drive2:][path2][/P][/R][/S][/W][/U]
[drive1:][path1]filenameSpecifiesthesourcefileorfiles.
[drive2:][path2]Specifiesthedirectorywherefilesaretobe
replaced.
/AAddsnewfilestodestinationdirectory.Cannot
usewith/Sor/Uswitches.
/PPromptsforconfirmationbeforereplacingafileor
addingasourcefile.
/RReplacesreadonlyfilesaswellasunprotected
files.
/SReplacesfilesinallsubdirectoriesofthe
destinationdirectory.Cannotusewiththe/A
switch.
/WWaitsforyoutoinsertadiskbeforebeginning.
/UReplaces(updates)onlyfilesthatareolderthan
sourcefiles.Cannotusewiththe/Aswitch.
RMDIR
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Removes(deletes)adirectory.
RMDIR[/S][/Q][drive:]path
RD[/S][/Q][drive:]path
/SRemovesalldirectoriesandfilesinthespecifieddirectory
inadditiontothedirectoryitself.Usedtoremoveadirectory
tree.
/QQuietmode,donotaskifoktoremoveadirectorytreewith/S
ROBOCOPY
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ROBOCOPY::RobustFileCopyforWindows
Started:ThuAug2908:32:442013
Usage::ROBOCOPYsourcedestination[file[file]...][options]
source::SourceDirectory(drive:\pathor\\server\share\path).
destination::DestinationDir(drive:\pathor\\server\share\path).
file::File(s)tocopy(names/wildcards:defaultis"*.*").
::
::Copyoptions:
::
/S::copySubdirectories,butnotemptyones.
/E::copysubdirectories,includingEmptyones.
/LEV:n::onlycopythetopnLEVelsofthesourcedirectorytree.
/Z::copyfilesinrestartablemode.
/B::copyfilesinBackupmode.
/ZB::userestartablemode;ifaccessdenieduseBackupmode.
/EFSRAW::copyallencryptedfilesinEFSRAWmode.
/COPY:copyflag[s]::whattoCOPYforfiles(defaultis/COPY:DAT).
(copyflags:D=Data,A=Attributes,T=Timestamps).
(S=Security=NTFSACLs,O=Ownerinfo,U=aUditinginfo).
/DCOPY:T::COPYDirectoryTimestamps.
/SEC::copyfileswithSECurity(equivalentto/COPY:DATS).
/COPYALL::COPYALLfileinfo(equivalentto/COPY:DATSOU).
/NOCOPY::COPYNOfileinfo(usefulwith/PURGE).
/SECFIX::FIXfileSECurityonallfiles,evenskippedfiles.
/TIMFIX::FIXfileTIMesonallfiles,evenskippedfiles.
/PURGE::deletedestfiles/dirsthatnolongerexistinsource.
/MIR::MIRroradirectorytree(equivalentto/Eplus/PURGE).
/MOV::MOVefiles(deletefromsourceaftercopying).
/MOVE::MOVEfilesANDdirs(deletefromsourceaftercopying).
/A+:[RASHCNET]::addthegivenAttributestocopiedfiles.
/A:[RASHCNET]::removethegivenAttributesfromcopiedfiles.
/CREATE::CREATEdirectorytreeandzerolengthfilesonly.
/FAT::createdestinationfilesusing8.3FATfilenamesonly.
/256::turnoffverylongpath(>256characters)support.
/MON:n::MONitorsource;runagainwhenmorethannchangesseen.
/MOT:m::MOnitorsource;runagaininmminutesTime,ifchanged.
/RH:hhmmhhmm::RunHourstimeswhennewcopiesmaybestarted.
/PF::checkrunhoursonaPerFile(notperpass)basis.
/IPG:n::InterPacketGap(ms),tofreebandwidthonslowlines.
/SL::copysymboliclinksversusthetarget.
/MT[:n]::Domultithreadedcopieswithnthreads(default8).
nmustbeatleast1andnotgreaterthan128.
Thisoptionisincompatiblewiththe/IPGand/EFSRAWoptions.
Redirectoutputusing/LOGoptionforbetterperformance.
::
::FileSelectionOptions:
::
/A::copyonlyfileswiththeArchiveattributeset.
/M::copyonlyfileswiththeArchiveattributeandresetit.
/IA:[RASHCNETO]::IncludeonlyfileswithanyofthegivenAttributesset.
/XA:[RASHCNETO]::eXcludefileswithanyofthegivenAttributesset.
/XFfile[file]...::eXcludeFilesmatchinggivennames/paths/wildcards.
/XDdirs[dirs]...::eXcludeDirectoriesmatchinggivennames/paths.
/XC::eXcludeChangedfiles.
/XN::eXcludeNewerfiles.
/XO::eXcludeOlderfiles.
/XX::eXcludeeXtrafilesanddirectories.
/XL::eXcludeLonelyfilesanddirectories.
/IS::IncludeSamefiles.
/IT::IncludeTweakedfiles.
/MAX:n::MAXimumfilesizeexcludefilesbiggerthannbytes.
/MIN:n::MINimumfilesizeexcludefilessmallerthannbytes.
/MAXAGE:n::MAXimumfileAGEexcludefilesolderthanndays/date.
/MINAGE:n::MINimumfileAGEexcludefilesnewerthanndays/date.
/MAXLAD:n::MAXimumLastAccessDateexcludefilesunusedsincen.
/MINLAD:n::MINimumLastAccessDateexcludefilesusedsincen.
(Ifn<1900thenn=ndays,elsen=YYYYMMDDdate).
/XJ::eXcludeJunctionpoints.(normallyincludedbydefault).
/FFT::assumeFATFileTimes(2secondgranularity).
/DST::compensateforonehourDSTtimedifferences.
/XJD::eXcludeJunctionpointsforDirectories.
/XJF::eXcludeJunctionpointsforFiles.
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::
::RetryOptions:
::
/R:n::numberofRetriesonfailedcopies:default1million.
/W:n::Waittimebetweenretries:defaultis30seconds.
/REG::Save/R:nand/W:nintheRegistryasdefaultsettings.
/TBD::waitforsharenamesToBeDefined(retryerror67).
::
::LoggingOptions:
::
/L::Listonlydon'tcopy,timestampordeleteanyfiles.
/X::reportalleXtrafiles,notjustthoseselected.
/V::produceVerboseoutput,showingskippedfiles.
/TS::includesourcefileTimeStampsintheoutput.
/FP::includeFullPathnameoffilesintheoutput.
/BYTES::Printsizesasbytes.
/NS::NoSizedon'tlogfilesizes.
/NC::NoClassdon'tlogfileclasses.
/NFL::NoFileListdon'tlogfilenames.
/NDL::NoDirectoryListdon'tlogdirectorynames.
/NP::NoProgressdon'tdisplaypercentagecopied.
/ETA::showEstimatedTimeofArrivalofcopiedfiles.
/LOG:file::outputstatustoLOGfile(overwriteexistinglog).
/LOG+:file::outputstatustoLOGfile(appendtoexistinglog).
/UNILOG:file::outputstatustoLOGfileasUNICODE(overwriteexistinglog).
/UNILOG+:file::outputstatustoLOGfileasUNICODE(appendtoexistinglog).
/TEE::outputtoconsolewindow,aswellasthelogfile.
/NJH::NoJobHeader.
/NJS::NoJobSummary.
/UNICODE::outputstatusasUNICODE.
::
::JobOptions:
::
/JOB:jobname::takeparametersfromthenamedJOBfile.
/SAVE:jobname::SAVEparameterstothenamedjobfile
/QUIT::QUITafterprocessingcommandline(toviewparameters).
/NOSD::NOSourceDirectoryisspecified.
/NODD::NODestinationDirectoryisspecified.
/IF::IncludethefollowingFiles.
SET
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Displays,sets,orremovescmd.exeenvironmentvariables.
SET[variable=[string]]
variableSpecifiestheenvironmentvariablename.
stringSpecifiesaseriesofcharacterstoassigntothevariable.
TypeSETwithoutparameterstodisplaythecurrentenvironmentvariables.
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledSETchangesasfollows:
SETcommandinvokedwithjustavariablename,noequalsignorvalue
willdisplaythevalueofallvariableswhoseprefixmatchesthename
giventotheSETcommand.Forexample:
SETP
woulddisplayallvariablesthatbeginwiththeletter'P'
SETcommandwillsettheERRORLEVELto1ifthevariablenameisnot
foundinthecurrentenvironment.
SETcommandwillnotallowanequalsigntobepartofthenameof
avariable.
TwonewswitcheshavebeenaddedtotheSETcommand:
SET/Aexpression
SET/Pvariable=[promptString]
The/Aswitchspecifiesthatthestringtotherightoftheequalsign
isanumericalexpressionthatisevaluated.Theexpressionevaluator
isprettysimpleandsupportsthefollowingoperations,indecreasing
orderofprecedence:
()grouping
!~unaryoperators
*/%arithmeticoperators
+arithmeticoperators
<<>>logicalshift
&bitwiseand
^bitwiseexclusiveor
|bitwiseor
=*=/=%=+==assignment
&=^=|=<<=>>=
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,expressionseparator
Ifyouuseanyofthelogicalormodulusoperators,youwillneedto
enclosetheexpressionstringinquotes.Anynonnumericstringsinthe
expressionaretreatedasenvironmentvariablenameswhosevaluesare
convertedtonumbersbeforeusingthem.Ifanenvironmentvariablename
isspecifiedbutisnotdefinedinthecurrentenvironment,thenavalue
ofzeroisused.Thisallowsyoutodoarithmeticwithenvironment
variablevalueswithouthavingtotypeallthose%signstogettheir
values.IfSET/Aisexecutedfromthecommandlineoutsideofa
commandscript,thenitdisplaysthefinalvalueoftheexpression.The
assignmentoperatorrequiresanenvironmentvariablenametotheleftof
theassignmentoperator.Numericvaluesaredecimalnumbers,unless
prefixedby0xforhexadecimalnumbers,and0foroctalnumbers.
So0x12isthesameas18isthesameas022.Pleasenotethattheoctal
notationcanbeconfusing:08and09arenotvalidnumbersbecause8and
9arenotvalidoctaldigits.
The/Pswitchallowsyoutosetthevalueofavariabletoalineofinput
enteredbytheuser.DisplaysthespecifiedpromptStringbeforereading
thelineofinput.ThepromptStringcanbeempty.
Environmentvariablesubstitutionhasbeenenhancedasfollows:
%PATH:str1=str2%
wouldexpandthePATHenvironmentvariable,substitutingeachoccurrence
of"str1"intheexpandedresultwith"str2"."str2"canbetheempty
stringtoeffectivelydeletealloccurrencesof"str1"fromtheexpanded
output."str1"canbeginwithanasterisk,inwhichcaseitwillmatch
everythingfromthebeginningoftheexpandedoutputtothefirst
occurrenceoftheremainingportionofstr1.
Mayalsospecifysubstringsforanexpansion.
%PATH:~10,5%
wouldexpandthePATHenvironmentvariable,andthenuseonlythe5
charactersthatbeginatthe11th(offset10)characteroftheexpanded
result.Ifthelengthisnotspecified,thenitdefaultstothe
remainderofthevariablevalue.Ifeithernumber(offsetorlength)is
negative,thenthenumberusedisthelengthoftheenvironmentvariable
valueaddedtotheoffsetorlengthspecified.
%PATH:~10%
wouldextractthelast10charactersofthePATHvariable.
%PATH:~0,2%
wouldextractallbutthelast2charactersofthePATHvariable.
Finally,supportfordelayedenvironmentvariableexpansionhasbeen
added.Thissupportisalwaysdisabledbydefault,butmaybe
enabled/disabledviathe/VcommandlineswitchtoCMD.EXE.SeeCMD/?
Delayedenvironmentvariableexpansionisusefulforgettingaround
thelimitationsofthecurrentexpansionwhichhappenswhenaline
oftextisread,notwhenitisexecuted.Thefollowingexample
demonstratestheproblemwithimmediatevariableexpansion:
setVAR=before
if"%VAR%"=="before"(
setVAR=after
if"%VAR%"=="after"@echoIfyouseethis,itworked
)
wouldneverdisplaythemessage,sincethe%VAR%inBOTHIFstatements
issubstitutedwhenthefirstIFstatementisread,sinceitlogically
includesthebodyoftheIF,whichisacompoundstatement.Sothe
IFinsidethecompoundstatementisreallycomparing"before"with
"after"whichwillneverbeequal.Similarly,thefollowingexample
willnotworkasexpected:
setLIST=
for%iin(*)dosetLIST=%LIST%%i
echo%LIST%
inthatitwillNOTbuildupalistoffilesinthecurrentdirectory,
butinsteadwilljustsettheLISTvariabletothelastfilefound.
Again,thisisbecausethe%LIST%isexpandedjustoncewhenthe
FORstatementisread,andatthattimetheLISTvariableisempty.
SotheactualFORloopweareexecutingis:
for%iin(*)dosetLIST=%i
whichjustkeepssettingLISTtothelastfilefound.
Delayedenvironmentvariableexpansionallowsyoutouseadifferent
character(theexclamationmark)toexpandenvironmentvariablesat
executiontime.Ifdelayedvariableexpansionisenabled,theabove
examplescouldbewrittenasfollowstoworkasintended:
setVAR=before
if"%VAR%"=="before"(
setVAR=after
if"!VAR!"=="after"@echoIfyouseethis,itworked
)
setLIST=
for%iin(*)dosetLIST=!LIST!%i
echo%LIST%
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IfCommandExtensionsareenabled,thenthereareseveraldynamic
environmentvariablesthatcanbeexpandedbutwhichdon'tshowupin
thelistofvariablesdisplayedbySET.Thesevariablevaluesare
computeddynamicallyeachtimethevalueofthevariableisexpanded.
Iftheuserexplicitlydefinesavariablewithoneofthesenames,then
thatdefinitionwilloverridethedynamiconedescribedbelow:
%CD%expandstothecurrentdirectorystring.
%DATE%expandstocurrentdateusingsameformatasDATEcommand.
%TIME%expandstocurrenttimeusingsameformatasTIMEcommand.
%RANDOM%expandstoarandomdecimalnumberbetween0and32767.
%ERRORLEVEL%expandstothecurrentERRORLEVELvalue
%CMDEXTVERSION%expandstothecurrentCommandProcessorExtensions
versionnumber.
%CMDCMDLINE%expandstotheoriginalcommandlinethatinvokedthe
CommandProcessor.
%HIGHESTNUMANODENUMBER%expandstothehighestNUMAnodenumber
onthismachine.
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Beginslocalizationofenvironmentchangesinabatchfile.Environment
changesmadeafterSETLOCALhasbeenissuedarelocaltothebatchfile.
ENDLOCALmustbeissuedtorestoretheprevioussettings.Whentheend
ofabatchscriptisreached,animpliedENDLOCALisexecutedforany
outstandingSETLOCALcommandsissuedbythatbatchscript.
SETLOCAL
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledSETLOCALchangesasfollows:
SETLOCALbatchcommandnowacceptsoptionalarguments:
ENABLEEXTENSIONS/DISABLEEXTENSIONS
enableordisablecommandprocessorextensions.These
argumentstakesprecedenceovertheCMD/E:ONor/E:OFF
switches.SeeCMD/?fordetails.
ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION/DISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
enableordisabledelayedenvironmentvariable
expansion.TheseargumentstakesprecedenceovertheCMD
/V:ONor/V:OFFswitches.SeeCMD/?fordetails.
ThesemodificationslastuntilthematchingENDLOCALcommand,
regardlessoftheirsettingpriortotheSETLOCALcommand.
TheSETLOCALcommandwillsettheERRORLEVELvalueifgiven
anargument.Itwillbezeroifoneofthetwovalidarguments
isgivenandoneotherwise.Youcanusethisinbatchscripts
todetermineiftheextensionsareavailable,usingthefollowing
technique:
VERIFYOTHER2>nul
SETLOCALENABLEEXTENSIONS
IFERRORLEVEL1echoUnabletoenableextensions
ThisworksbecauseonoldversionsofCMD.EXE,SETLOCALdoesNOT
settheERRORLEVELvalue.TheVERIFYcommandwithabadargument
initializestheERRORLEVELvaluetoanonzerovalue.
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Changesthepositionofreplaceableparametersinabatchfile.
SHIFT[/n]
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledtheSHIFTcommandsupports
the/nswitchwhichtellsthecommandtostartshiftingatthe
nthargument,wherenmaybebetweenzeroandeight.Forexample:
SHIFT/2
wouldshift%3to%2,%4to%3,etc.andleave%0and%1unaffected.
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Usage:SHUTDOWN[/i|/l|/s|/r|/g|/a|/p|/h|/e][/f]
[/m\\computer][/txxx][/d[p|u:]xx:yy[/c"comment"]]
NoargsDisplayhelp.Thisisthesameastyping/?.
/?Displayhelp.Thisisthesameasnottypinganyoptions.
/iDisplaythegraphicaluserinterface(GUI).
Thismustbethefirstoption.
/lLogoff.Thiscannotbeusedwith/mor/doptions.
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/sShutdownthecomputer.
/rShutdownandrestartthecomputer.
/gShutdownandrestartthecomputer.Afterthesystemis
rebooted,restartanyregisteredapplications.
/aAbortasystemshutdown.
Thiscanonlybeusedduringthetimeoutperiod.
/pTurnoffthelocalcomputerwithnotimeoutorwarning.
Canbeusedwith/dand/foptions.
/hHibernatethelocalcomputer.
Canbeusedwiththe/foption.
/eDocumentthereasonforanunexpectedshutdownofacomputer.
/m\\computerSpecifythetargetcomputer.
/txxxSetthetimeoutperiodbeforeshutdowntoxxxseconds.
Thevalidrangeis0315360000(10years),withadefaultof30.
Ifthetimeoutperiodisgreaterthan0,the/fparameteris
implied.
/c"comment"Commentonthereasonfortherestartorshutdown.
Maximumof512charactersallowed.
/fForcerunningapplicationstoclosewithoutforewarningusers.
The/fparameterisimpliedwhenavaluegreaterthan0is
specifiedforthe/tparameter.
/d[p|u:]xx:yyProvidethereasonfortherestartorshutdown.
pindicatesthattherestartorshutdownisplanned.
uindicatesthatthereasonisuserdefined.
Ifneitherpnoruisspecifiedtherestartorshutdownis
unplanned.
xxisthemajorreasonnumber(positiveintegerlessthan256).
yyistheminorreasonnumber(positiveintegerlessthan65536).
Reasonsonthiscomputer:
(E=ExpectedU=UnexpectedP=planned,C=customerdefined)
Type
Major Minor Title
U
E
EP
U
E
EP
E
EP
E
EP
P
E
EP
P
P
E
EP
EP
E
E
U
U
E
EP
E
U
U
P
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
7
0
0
0
5
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
16
17
17
18
18
1
1
2
5
6
15
19
19
19
20
11
12
0
Other(Unplanned)
Other(Unplanned)
Other(Planned)
OtherFailure:SystemUnresponsive
Hardware:Maintenance(Unplanned)
Hardware:Maintenance(Planned)
Hardware:Installation(Unplanned)
Hardware:Installation(Planned)
OperatingSystem:Recovery(Planned)
OperatingSystem:Recovery(Planned)
OperatingSystem:Upgrade(Planned)
OperatingSystem:Reconfiguration(Unplanned)
OperatingSystem:Reconfiguration(Planned)
OperatingSystem:Servicepack(Planned)
OperatingSystem:Hotfix(Unplanned)
OperatingSystem:Hotfix(Planned)
OperatingSystem:Securityfix(Unplanned)
OperatingSystem:Securityfix(Planned)
Application:Maintenance(Unplanned)
Application:Maintenance(Planned)
Application:Installation(Planned)
Application:Unresponsive
Application:Unstable
SystemFailure:Stoperror
Securityissue
Securityissue
Securityissue
Lossofnetworkconnectivity(Unplanned)
PowerFailure:CordUnplugged
PowerFailure:Environment
LegacyAPIshutdown
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SORT[/R][/+n][/Mkilobytes][/Llocale][/RECrecordbytes]
[[drive1:][path1]filename1][/T[drive2:][path2]]
[/O[drive3:][path3]filename3]
/+nSpecifiesthecharacternumber,n,to
begineachcomparison./+3indicatesthat
eachcomparisonshouldbeginatthe3rd
characterineachline.Lineswithfewer
thanncharacterscollatebeforeotherlines.
Bydefaultcomparisonsstartatthefirst
characterineachline.
/L[OCALE]localeOverridesthesystemdefaultlocalewith
thespecifiedone.The""C""localeyields
thefastestcollatingsequenceandis
currentlytheonlyalternative.Thesort
isalwayscaseinsensitive.
/M[EMORY]kilobytesSpecifiesamountofmainmemorytousefor
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thesort,inkilobytes.Thememorysizeis
alwaysconstrainedtobeaminimumof160
kilobytes.Ifthememorysizeisspecified
theexactamountwillbeusedforthesort,
regardlessofhowmuchmainmemoryis
available.
Thebestperformanceisusuallyachievedby
notspecifyingamemorysize.Bydefaultthe
sortwillbedonewithonepass(notemporary
file)ifitfitsinthedefaultmaximum
memorysize,otherwisethesortwillbedone
intwopasses(withthepartiallysorteddata
beingstoredinatemporaryfile)suchthat
theamountsofmemoryusedforboththesort
andmergepassesareequal.Thedefault
maximummemorysizeis90%ofavailablemain
memoryifboththeinputandoutputare
files,and45%ofmainmemoryotherwise.
/REC[ORD_MAXIMUM]charactersSpecifiesthemaximumnumberofcharacters
inarecord(default4096,maximum65535).
/R[EVERSE]Reversesthesortorder;thatis,
sortsZtoA,then9to0.
[drive1:][path1]filename1Specifiesthefiletobesorted.Ifnot
specified,thestandardinputissorted.
Specifyingtheinputfileisfasterthan
redirectingthesamefileasstandardinput.
/T[EMPORARY]
[drive2:][path2]Specifiesthepathofthedirectorytohold
thesort'sworkingstorage,incasethedata
doesnotfitinmainmemory.Thedefaultis
tousethesystemtemporarydirectory.
/O[UTPUT]
[drive3:][path3]filename3Specifiesthefilewherethesortedinputis
tobestored.Ifnotspecified,thedatais
writtentothestandardoutput.Specifying
theoutputfileisfasterthanredirecting
standardoutputtothesamefile.
START
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Startsaseparatewindowtorunaspecifiedprogramorcommand.
START["title"][/Dpath][/I][/MIN][/MAX][/SEPARATE|/SHARED]
[/LOW|/NORMAL|/HIGH|/REALTIME|/ABOVENORMAL|/BELOWNORMAL]
[/NODE<NUMAnode>][/AFFINITY<hexaffinitymask>][/WAIT][/B]
[command/program][parameters]
"title"Titletodisplayinwindowtitlebar.
pathStartingdirectory.
BStartapplicationwithoutcreatinganewwindow.The
applicationhas^Chandlingignored.Unlesstheapplication
enables^Cprocessing,^Breakistheonlywaytointerrupt
theapplication.
IThenewenvironmentwillbetheoriginalenvironmentpassed
tothecmd.exeandnotthecurrentenvironment.
MINStartwindowminimized.
MAXStartwindowmaximized.
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SEPARATEStart16bitWindowsprograminseparatememoryspace.
SHAREDStart16bitWindowsprograminsharedmemoryspace.
LOWStartapplicationintheIDLEpriorityclass.
NORMALStartapplicationintheNORMALpriorityclass.
HIGHStartapplicationintheHIGHpriorityclass.
REALTIMEStartapplicationintheREALTIMEpriorityclass.
ABOVENORMALStartapplicationintheABOVENORMALpriorityclass.
BELOWNORMALStartapplicationintheBELOWNORMALpriorityclass.
NODESpecifiesthepreferredNonUniformMemoryArchitecture(NUMA)
nodeasadecimalinteger.
AFFINITYSpecifiestheprocessoraffinitymaskasahexadecimalnumber.
Theprocessisrestrictedtorunningontheseprocessors.
Theaffinitymaskisinterpreteddifferentlywhen/AFFINITYand
/NODEarecombined.SpecifytheaffinitymaskasiftheNUMA
node'sprocessormaskisrightshiftedtobeginatbitzero.
Theprocessisrestrictedtorunningonthoseprocessorsin
commonbetweenthespecifiedaffinitymaskandtheNUMAnode.
Ifnoprocessorsareincommon,theprocessisrestrictedto
runningonthespecifiedNUMAnode.
WAITStartapplicationandwaitforittoterminate.
command/program
Ifitisaninternalcmdcommandorabatchfilethen
thecommandprocessorisrunwiththe/Kswitchtocmd.exe.
Thismeansthatthewindowwillremainafterthecommand
hasbeenrun.
Ifitisnotaninternalcmdcommandorbatchfilethen
itisaprogramandwillrunaseitherawindowedapplication
oraconsoleapplication.
parametersThesearetheparameterspassedtothecommand/program.
NOTE:TheSEPARATEandSHAREDoptionsarenotsupportedon64bitplatforms.
Specifying/NODEallowsprocessestobecreatedinawaythatleveragesmemory
localityonNUMAsystems.Forexample,twoprocessesthatcommunicatewith
eachotherheavilythroughsharedmemorycanbecreatedtosharethesame
preferredNUMAnodeinordertominimizememorylatencies.Theyallocate
memoryfromthesameNUMAnodewhenpossible,andtheyarefreetorunon
processorsoutsidethespecifiednode.
start/NODE1application1.exe
start/NODE1application2.exe
Thesetwoprocessescanbefurtherconstrainedtorunonspecificprocessors
withinthesameNUMAnode.Inthefollowingexample,application1runsonthe
lowordertwoprocessorsofthenode,whileapplication2runsonthenexttwo
processorsofthenode.Thisexampleassumesthespecifiednodehasatleast
fourlogicalprocessors.Notethatthenodenumbercanbechangedtoanyvalid
nodenumberforthatcomputerwithouthavingtochangetheaffinitymask.
start/NODE1/AFFINITY0x3application1.exe
start/NODE1/AFFINITY0xcapplication2.exe
IfCommandExtensionsareenabled,externalcommandinvocation
throughthecommandlineortheSTARTcommandchangesasfollows:
nonexecutablefilesmaybeinvokedthroughtheirfileassociationjust
bytypingthenameofthefileasacommand.(e.g.WORD.DOCwould
launchtheapplicationassociatedwiththe.DOCfileextension).
SeetheASSOCandFTYPEcommandsforhowtocreatethese
associationsfromwithinacommandscript.
Whenexecutinganapplicationthatisa32bitGUIapplication,CMD.EXE
doesnotwaitfortheapplicationtoterminatebeforereturningto
thecommandprompt.ThisnewbehaviordoesNOToccurifexecuting
withinacommandscript.
Whenexecutingacommandlinewhosefirsttokenisthestring"CMD"
withoutanextensionorpathqualifier,then"CMD"isreplacedwith
thevalueoftheCOMSPECvariable.ThispreventspickingupCMD.EXE
fromthecurrentdirectory.
WhenexecutingacommandlinewhosefirsttokendoesNOTcontainan
extension,thenCMD.EXEusesthevalueofthePATHEXT
environmentvariabletodeterminewhichextensionstolookfor
andinwhatorder.ThedefaultvalueforthePATHEXTvariable
is:
.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD
NoticethesyntaxisthesameasthePATHvariable,with
semicolonsseparatingthedifferentelements.
Whensearchingforanexecutable,ifthereisnomatchonanyextension,
thenlookstoseeifthenamematchesadirectoryname.Ifitdoes,the
STARTcommandlaunchestheExploreronthatpath.Ifdonefromthe
commandline,itistheequivalenttodoingaCD/Dtothatpath.
SUBST
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Associatesapathwithadriveletter.
SUBST[drive1:[drive2:]path]
SUBSTdrive1:/D
drive1:Specifiesavirtualdrivetowhichyouwanttoassignapath.
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[drive2:]pathSpecifiesaphysicaldriveandpathyouwanttoassignto
avirtualdrive.
/DDeletesasubstituted(virtual)drive.
TypeSUBSTwithnoparameterstodisplayalistofcurrentvirtualdrives.
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SYSTEMINFO[/Ssystem[/Uusername[/P[password]]]][/FOformat][/NH]
Description:
Thistooldisplaysoperatingsystemconfigurationinformationfor
alocalorremotemachine,includingservicepacklevels.
ParameterList:
/U[domain\]userSpecifiestheusercontextunderwhich
thecommandshouldexecute.
/P[password]Specifiesthepasswordforthegiven
usercontext.Promptsforinputifomitted.
/FOformatSpecifiestheformatinwhichtheoutput
istobedisplayed.
Validvalues:"TABLE","LIST","CSV".
/NHSpecifiesthatthe"ColumnHeader"should
notbedisplayedintheoutput.
Validonlyfor"TABLE"and"CSV"formats.
Examples:
SYSTEMINFO
SYSTEMINFO/?
SYSTEMINFO/Ssystem
SYSTEMINFO/Ssystem/Uuser
SYSTEMINFO/Ssystem/Udomain\user/Ppassword/FOTABLE
SYSTEMINFO/Ssystem/FOLIST
SYSTEMINFO/Ssystem/FOCSV/NH
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TASKLIST[/Ssystem[/Uusername[/P[password]]]]
[/M[module]|/SVC|/V][/FIfilter][/FOformat][/NH]
Description:
Thistooldisplaysalistofcurrentlyrunningprocesseson
eitheralocalorremotemachine.
ParameterList:
/U[domain\]userSpecifiestheusercontextunderwhich
thecommandshouldexecute.
/P[password]Specifiesthepasswordforthegiven
usercontext.Promptsforinputifomitted.
/M[module]Listsalltaskscurrentlyusingthegiven
exe/dllname.Ifthemodulenameisnot
specifiedallloadedmodulesaredisplayed.
/SVCDisplaysserviceshostedineachprocess.
/VDisplaysverbosetaskinformation.
/FIfilterDisplaysasetoftasksthatmatcha
givencriteriaspecifiedbythefilter.
/FOformatSpecifiestheoutputformat.
Validvalues:"TABLE","LIST","CSV".
/NHSpecifiesthatthe"ColumnHeader"should
notbedisplayedintheoutput.
Validonlyfor"TABLE"and"CSV"formats.
Filters:
FilterNameValidOperatorsValidValue(s)
STATUSeq,neRUNNING|
NOTRESPONDING|UNKNOWN
IMAGENAMEeq,neImagename
PIDeq,ne,gt,lt,ge,lePIDvalue
SESSIONeq,ne,gt,lt,ge,leSessionnumber
SESSIONNAMEeq,neSessionname
CPUTIMEeq,ne,gt,lt,ge,leCPUtimeintheformat
ofhh:mm:ss.
hhhours,
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mmminutes,ssseconds
MEMUSAGEeq,ne,gt,lt,ge,leMemoryusageinKB
USERNAMEeq,neUsernamein[domain\]user
format
SERVICESeq,neServicename
WINDOWTITLEeq,neWindowtitle
MODULESeq,neDLLname
NOTE:"WINDOWTITLE"and"STATUS"filtersarenotsupportedwhenquerying
aremotemachine.
Examples:
TASKLIST
TASKLIST/M
TASKLIST/V/FOCSV
TASKLIST/SVC/FOLIST
TASKLIST/Mwbem*
TASKLIST/Ssystem/FOLIST
TASKLIST/Ssystem/Udomain\username/FOCSV/NH
TASKLIST/Ssystem/Uusername/Ppassword/FOTABLE/NH
TASKLIST/FI"USERNAMEneNTAUTHORITY\SYSTEM"/FI"STATUSeqrunning"
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TASKKILL[/Ssystem[/Uusername[/P[password]]]]
{[/FIfilter][/PIDprocessid|/IMimagename]}[/T][/F]
Description:
Thistoolisusedtoterminatetasksbyprocessid(PID)orimagename.
ParameterList:
/U[domain\]userSpecifiestheusercontextunderwhichthe
commandshouldexecute.
/P[password]Specifiesthepasswordforthegivenuser
context.Promptsforinputifomitted.
/FIfilterAppliesafiltertoselectasetoftasks.
Allows"*"tobeused.ex.imagenameeqacme*
/PIDprocessidSpecifiesthePIDoftheprocesstobeterminated.
UseTaskListtogetthePID.
/IMimagenameSpecifiestheimagenameoftheprocess
tobeterminated.Wildcard'*'canbeused
tospecifyalltasksorimagenames.
/TTerminatesthespecifiedprocessandany
childprocesseswhichwerestartedbyit.
/FSpecifiestoforcefullyterminatetheprocess(es).
Filters:
FilterNameValidOperatorsValidValue(s)
STATUSeq,neRUNNING|
NOTRESPONDING|UNKNOWN
IMAGENAMEeq,neImagename
PIDeq,ne,gt,lt,ge,lePIDvalue
SESSIONeq,ne,gt,lt,ge,leSessionnumber.
CPUTIMEeq,ne,gt,lt,ge,leCPUtimeintheformat
ofhh:mm:ss.
hhhours,
mmminutes,ssseconds
MEMUSAGEeq,ne,gt,lt,ge,leMemoryusageinKB
USERNAMEeq,neUsernamein[domain\]user
format
MODULESeq,neDLLname
SERVICESeq,neServicename
WINDOWTITLEeq,neWindowtitle
NOTE
1)Wildcard'*'for/IMswitchisacceptedonlywhenafilterisapplied.
2)Terminationofremoteprocesseswillalwaysbedoneforcefully(/F).
3)"WINDOWTITLE"and"STATUS"filtersarenotconsideredwhenaremote
machineisspecified.
Examples:
TASKKILL/IMnotepad.exe
TASKKILL/PID1230/PID1241/PID1253/T
TASKKILL/F/IMcmd.exe/T
TASKKILL/F/FI"PIDge1000"/FI"WINDOWTITLEneuntitle*"
TASKKILL/F/FI"USERNAMEeqNTAUTHORITY\SYSTEM"/IMnotepad.exe
TASKKILL/Ssystem/Udomain\username/FI"USERNAMEneNT*"/IM*
TASKKILL/Ssystem/Uusername/Ppassword/FI"IMAGENAMEeqnote*"
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Displaysorsetsthesystemtime.
TIME[/T|time]
TypeTIMEwithnoparameterstodisplaythecurrenttimesettingandaprompt
foranewone.PressENTERtokeepthesametime.
IfCommandExtensionsareenabledtheTIMEcommandsupports
the/Tswitchwhichtellsthecommandtojustoutputthe
currenttime,withoutpromptingforanewtime.
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TYPE
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VER
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VERIFY
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Setsthewindowtitleforthecommandpromptwindow.
TITLE[string]
stringSpecifiesthetitleforthecommandpromptwindow.
Graphicallydisplaysthefolderstructureofadriveorpath.
TREE[drive:][path][/F][/A]
/FDisplaythenamesofthefilesineachfolder.
/AUseASCIIinsteadofextendedcharacters.
Displaysthecontentsofatextfileorfiles.
TYPE[drive:][path]filename
DisplaystheWindowsversion.
VER
Tellscmd.exewhethertoverifythatyourfilesarewrittencorrectlytoa
disk.
VERIFY[ON|OFF]
TypeVERIFYwithoutaparametertodisplaythecurrentVERIFYsetting.
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Displaysthediskvolumelabelandserialnumber,iftheyexist.
VOL[drive:]
Copiesfilesanddirectorytrees.
XCOPYsource[destination][/A|/M][/D[:date]][/P][/S[/E]][/V][/W]
[/C][/I][/Q][/F][/L][/G][/H][/R][/T][/U]
[/K][/N][/O][/X][/Y][/Y][/Z][/B]
[/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...]
sourceSpecifiesthefile(s)tocopy.
destinationSpecifiesthelocationand/ornameofnewfiles.
/ACopiesonlyfileswiththearchiveattributeset,
doesn'tchangetheattribute.
/MCopiesonlyfileswiththearchiveattributeset,
turnsoffthearchiveattribute.
/D:mdyCopiesfileschangedonorafterthespecifieddate.
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Ifnodateisgiven,copiesonlythosefileswhose
sourcetimeisnewerthanthedestinationtime.
/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...
Specifiesalistoffilescontainingstrings.Eachstring
shouldbeinaseparatelineinthefiles.Whenanyofthe
stringsmatchanypartoftheabsolutepathofthefiletobe
copied,thatfilewillbeexcludedfrombeingcopied.For
example,specifyingastringlike\obj\or.objwillexclude
allfilesunderneaththedirectoryobjorallfileswiththe
.objextensionrespectively.
/PPromptsyoubeforecreatingeachdestinationfile.
/SCopiesdirectoriesandsubdirectoriesexceptemptyones.
/ECopiesdirectoriesandsubdirectories,includingemptyones.
Sameas/S/E.Maybeusedtomodify/T.
/VVerifiesthesizeofeachnewfile.
/WPromptsyoutopressakeybeforecopying.
/CContinuescopyingeveniferrorsoccur.
/IIfdestinationdoesnotexistandcopyingmorethanonefile,
assumesthatdestinationmustbeadirectory.
/QDoesnotdisplayfilenameswhilecopying.
/FDisplaysfullsourceanddestinationfilenameswhilecopying.
/LDisplaysfilesthatwouldbecopied.
/GAllowsthecopyingofencryptedfilestodestinationthatdoes
notsupportencryption.
/HCopieshiddenandsystemfilesalso.
/ROverwritesreadonlyfiles.
/TCreatesdirectorystructure,butdoesnotcopyfiles.Doesnot
includeemptydirectoriesorsubdirectories./T/Eincludes
emptydirectoriesandsubdirectories.
/UCopiesonlyfilesthatalreadyexistindestination.
/KCopiesattributes.NormalXcopywillresetreadonlyattributes.
/NCopiesusingthegeneratedshortnames.
/OCopiesfileownershipandACLinformation.
/XCopiesfileauditsettings(implies/O).
/YSuppressespromptingtoconfirmyouwanttooverwritean
/YCausespromptingtoconfirmyouwanttooverwritean
/ZCopiesnetworkedfilesinrestartablemode.
/BCopiestheSymbolicLinkitselfversusthetargetofthelink.
/JCopiesusingunbufferedI/O.Recommendedforverylargefiles.
Theswitch/YmaybepresetintheCOPYCMDenvironmentvariable.
Thismaybeoverriddenwith/Yonthecommandline.
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[globalswitches]<command>
Thefollowingglobalswitchesareavailable:
/NAMESPACEPathforthenamespacethealiasoperateagainst.
/ROLEPathfortherolecontainingthealiasdefinitions.
/NODEServersthealiaswilloperateagainst.
/IMPLEVELClientimpersonationlevel.
/AUTHLEVELClientauthenticationlevel.
/LOCALELanguageidtheclientshoulduse.
/PRIVILEGESEnableordisableallprivileges.
/TRACEOutputsdebugginginformationtostderr.
/RECORDLogsallinputcommandsandoutput.
/INTERACTIVESetsorresetstheinteractivemode.
/FAILFASTSetsorresetstheFailFastmode.
/USERUsertobeusedduringthesession.
/PASSWORDPasswordtobeusedforsessionlogin.
/OUTPUTSpecifiesthemodeforoutputredirection.
/APPENDSpecifiesthemodeforoutputredirection.
/AGGREGATESetsorresetsaggregatemode.
/AUTHORITYSpecifiesthe<authoritytype>fortheconnection.
/?[:<BRIEF|FULL>]Usageinformation.
Formoreinformationonaspecificglobalswitch,type:switchname/?
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Thefollowingalias/esareavailableinthecurrentrole:
ALIASAccesstothealiasesavailableonthelocalsystem
BASEBOARDBaseboard(alsoknownasamotherboardorsystemboard)management.
BIOSBasicinput/outputservices(BIOS)management.
BOOTCONFIGBootconfigurationmanagement.
CDROMCDROMmanagement.
COMPUTERSYSTEMComputersystemmanagement.
CPUCPUmanagement.
CSPRODUCTComputersystemproductinformationfromSMBIOS.
DATAFILEDataFileManagement.
DCOMAPPDCOMApplicationmanagement.
DESKTOPUser'sDesktopmanagement.
DESKTOPMONITORDesktopMonitormanagement.
DEVICEMEMORYADDRESSDevicememoryaddressesmanagement.
DISKDRIVEPhysicaldiskdrivemanagement.
DISKQUOTADiskspaceusageforNTFSvolumes.
DMACHANNELDirectmemoryaccess(DMA)channelmanagement.
ENVIRONMENTSystemenvironmentsettingsmanagement.
FSDIRFilesystemdirectoryentrymanagement.
GROUPGroupaccountmanagement.
IDECONTROLLERIDEControllermanagement.
IRQInterruptrequestline(IRQ)management.
JOBProvidesaccesstothejobsscheduledusingthescheduleservice.
LOADORDERManagementofsystemservicesthatdefineexecutiondependencies.
LOGICALDISKLocalstoragedevicemanagement.
LOGONLOGONSessions.
MEMCACHECachememorymanagement.
MEMORYCHIPMemorychipinformation.
MEMPHYSICALComputersystem'sphysicalmemorymanagement.
NETCLIENTNetworkClientmanagement.
NETLOGINNetworklogininformation(ofaparticularuser)management.
NETPROTOCOLProtocols(andtheirnetworkcharacteristics)management.
NETUSEActivenetworkconnectionmanagement.
NICNetworkInterfaceController(NIC)management.
NICCONFIGNetworkadaptermanagement.
NTDOMAINNTDomainmanagement.
NTEVENTEntriesintheNTEventLog.
NTEVENTLOGNTeventlogfilemanagement.
ONBOARDDEVICEManagementofcommonadapterdevicesbuiltintothemotherboard(systemboard).
OSInstalledOperatingSystem/smanagement.
PAGEFILEVirtualmemoryfileswappingmanagement.
PAGEFILESETPagefilesettingsmanagement.
PARTITIONManagementofpartitionedareasofaphysicaldisk.
PORTI/Oportmanagement.
PORTCONNECTORPhysicalconnectionportsmanagement.
PRINTERPrinterdevicemanagement.
PRINTERCONFIGPrinterdeviceconfigurationmanagement.
PRINTJOBPrintjobmanagement.
PROCESSProcessmanagement.
PRODUCTInstallationpackagetaskmanagement.
QFEQuickFixEngineering.
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QUOTASETTINGSettinginformationfordiskquotasonavolume.
RDACCOUNTRemoteDesktopconnectionpermissionmanagement.
RDNICRemoteDesktopconnectionmanagementonaspecificnetworkadapter.
RDPERMISSIONSPermissionstoaspecificRemoteDesktopconnection.
RDTOGGLETurningRemoteDesktoplisteneronoroffremotely.
RECOVEROSInformationthatwillbegatheredfrommemorywhentheoperatingsystemfails.
REGISTRYComputersystemregistrymanagement.
SCSICONTROLLERSCSIControllermanagement.
SERVERServerinformationmanagement.
SERVICEServiceapplicationmanagement.
SHADOWCOPYShadowcopymanagement.
SHADOWSTORAGEShadowcopystorageareamanagement.
SHARESharedresourcemanagement.
SOFTWAREELEMENTManagementoftheelementsofasoftwareproductinstalledonasystem.
SOFTWAREFEATUREManagementofsoftwareproductsubsetsofSoftwareElement.
SOUNDDEVSoundDevicemanagement.
STARTUPManagementofcommandsthatrunautomaticallywhenuserslogontothecomputersystem.
SYSACCOUNTSystemaccountmanagement.
SYSDRIVERManagementofthesystemdriverforabaseservice.
SYSTEMENCLOSUREPhysicalsystemenclosuremanagement.
SYSTEMSLOTManagementofphysicalconnectionpointsincludingports,slotsandperipherals,andproprietaryconnectionspoints.
TAPEDRIVETapedrivemanagement.
TEMPERATUREDatamanagementofatemperaturesensor(electronicthermometer).
TIMEZONETimezonedatamanagement.
UPSUninterruptiblepowersupply(UPS)management.
USERACCOUNTUseraccountmanagement.
VOLTAGEVoltagesensor(electronicvoltmeter)datamanagement.
VOLUMELocalstoragevolumemanagement.
VOLUMEQUOTASETTINGAssociatesthediskquotasettingwithaspecificdiskvolume.
VOLUMEUSERQUOTAPeruserstoragevolumequotamanagement.
WMISETWMIserviceoperationalparametersmanagement.
Formoreinformationonaspecificalias,type:alias/?
CLASSEscapestofullWMIschema.
PATHEscapestofullWMIobjectpaths.
CONTEXTDisplaysthestateofalltheglobalswitches.
QUIT/EXITExitstheprogram.
FormoreinformationonCLASS/PATH/CONTEXT,type:(CLASS|PATH|CONTEXT)/?
DOSBatchScriptSourcethatcreatedthisDocument
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@ECHOOFF
REM.PreparetheCommandProcessor
SETLOCALENABLEEXTENSIONS
REM
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REMThisscriptisprovidedasis.Nowarantyismade,whatsoever.
REMYoumayuseandmodifythescriptasyoulike,butkeeptheversionhistorywith
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REM
REMVersionHistory:
REMXX.XXXYYYYMMDDAuthorDescription
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if"%%b"NEQ""(
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if"%%b"NEQ""(
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call:tickProgress
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for%%Ain(
""
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"</pre></div>"
""
"</font>"
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::
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::
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::%~1:inprogresscountermaximum,equalto100percent
::%~2:intitlestringformatter,defaultis'[P]completed.'
set/a"ProgressCnt=1"
set/a"ProgressMax=%~1"
set"ProgressFormat=%~2"
if"%ProgressFormat%"==""set"ProgressFormat=[PPPP]"
set"ProgressFormat=%ProgressFormat:[PPPP]=[P]completed.%"
call:tickProgress
GOTO:EOF
:tickProgressdisplaythenextprogresstick
set/a"ProgressCnt+=1"
SETLOCAL
set/a"per=100*ProgressCnt/ProgressMax"
set"per=%per%%%"
calltitle%%ProgressFormat:[P]=%per%%%
GOTO:EOF
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