Although the file explorer in windows works well, occasionally it becomes necessary to create, execute, delete and move files using command prompt. This could be necessary due to a specific issue with the windows file explorer or a more deep rooted problem with windows itself. Regardless of the issue, there are a few basic commands that can help when using command prompt in this capacity. cd/chdir: change directory. cd/ brings you to the root directory. cd.. goes up one level. chdir doesn’t parse file paths with spaces in the name copy: This command copies a specified file to a given location. The syntax for the command is copy followed by the original file location, followed by the path that you want the file to be copied to. del/erase: deletes a file or number of files. The command can be followed
by the name of the file (e.g. del “fileName.txt”) or a file type (e.g. del *.doc). Additionally files with names beginning with or ending with a specific letter can be deleted by typing, respectively “del a*” or “del *a.*”. This command only deletes it in the sense that it is moved to the recycling bin and can be restored. To permanently delete a file precede the delete command with “type nul > filepath.fileExtension” dir: this displays the current files and folder
directly accessible from either the current directory, or the directory specified after the command. find: searches a specific file for a given string. Example- find “jones” test.txt md/mkdir: This command creates a new directory. There are a few different ways the command can be utilized. To create a single folder withing the current directory use “md newFolder”. To create multiple folders in the current directory use “md folderOne folderTwo folderThree”. To create a new file path that doesn’t currently exist type “md \folderOne\folderTwo\folderThree”. move: Move is basically a copy/paste command that move a file from one location to another. The syntax is move followed by the source location followed by the target location in quotation marks. popd/pushd: Allows the user to quickly switch between file paths. Use pushd followed by a file path to switch paths. Then to quickly switch back to the previous path call popd. ren/rename: This command is used to rename directories. The command is followed by the directory you wish to rename, followed by the new name in quotation marks. rd/rmdir: This allows the user to remove a directory. The command is then followed by a file path, and all folders within that path are then deleted. To delete the path itself as well precede the path with the command “/S”. To remove the display of the yes/no confirmation precede the path with the command “/Q”. start: Allows the user to start a program (so long as the program is an executable, batch or command file). The command is followed by a title for the cmd window bar (required), the starting path and the file to be run. Any parameter that the program needs are appended at the end of the command. tree: Displays a graphical file tree of the the specified file path, or the current drive if no path is specified. While not a comprehensive or extensive list by any means, these commands can be some of the most useful with regards to file manipulation in command prompt, when other methods of doing so are not available. This article contains basic information to help with the use of the WinZip Command Line Support Add-on. It is intended for users who are not experienced with command line use. For specific help with the add-on, please see the information in WinZip Command Line Add-on Help located in the WinZip program group. The CD command has already been mentioned in previous articles: Command line syntax, Displaying help for commands, and Delimiters, spaces, and special characters. The intent of this article is to give a more complete explanation of how to use the CD command. Some of this information is not obvious when you view the help text available in the Command Prompt. The CD command is used to change directories, which means it moves the command prompt into a different folder. Please look at the picture below to see that, in this case, the command prompt is in the Name subdirectory, which is inside the Users directory, which is on the C drive.  If you plan to run a number of commands involving files in another directory, you will either need to enter the path to this other directory whenever referring to the files in it or you will need to change directories in the command prompt window. For example, let us say that you will be working with files saved in a directory named Letters which was created in the Documents directory. Since these two are both subdirectories below the path of the current directory (C:\User\Name) you can use the CD command to change directories in one of two ways. Change to the Letters directory in 2 steps Note: The Command Prompt does not care if you use capital or lower case letters. Change to the Letters directory in 1 step
The backslash character in the example above represents a folder (directory) so that this command has told the Command Prompt to move down into the Documents subdirectory and continue into the Letters subdirectory. If you want to move to a higher subdirectory you can use CD.. which will move the command prompt to the subdirectory that is one higher than its current location. If you started where we just ended (the Letters subdirectory) and you used CD.. you would end up in the Documents subdirectory. If you used it twice, you would find yourself in the Name subdirectory. If you want to move to a subdirectory of another parent directory or if you want to move up to the root of the drive, you would want to use CD \ (please note that there is a space between CD and the backslash character). If you type CD \ and press Enter, you will then be at the root of the current drive.
Starting back in the Letters subdirectory, if you wanted to move directly from there to C:\Invoices\January you would type CD \Invoices\January and press Enter.
In the example above the first backslash instructs the Command Prompt to begin at the root of the drive, move into the Invoices directory and then continue into the January subdirectory. See also: Command Line Basics articles What commands is used to navigate to different folders in command prompt?The CD command is used to change directories, which means it moves the command prompt into a different folder. Please look at the picture below to see that, in this case, the command prompt is in the Name subdirectory, which is inside the Users directory, which is on the C drive.
What command is used to navigate directories?The cd command allows you to move between directories. The cd command takes an argument, usually the name of the folder you want to move to, so the full command is cd your-directory . Now that we moved to your Desktop, you can type ls again, then cd into it.
How do I go to a folder in command prompt?About This Article. Click the Windows Start menu and type "cmd".. Click the Command Prompt icon to open it.. Type "cd" followed by a space.. Type the address of the folder after the space (i.e. "/Users/username/Documents."). Press Enter.. How do I navigate my computer in command prompt?On Windows the desktop is a folder on the system drive (usually C), C:\Users\user\Desktop and to navigate to it you need to use the cd command (change directory). That's it!
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