Finding and opening the files through windows explorer is simple but it takes some time. There is a faster way to achieve the same using command prompt. Working through command prompt is the quickest way to get things done. Through command prompt, you can find things quickly and allows you to open the files right ... Read more
If you are a regular Windows 10 user, then you must be familiar with many of the commands that you can use in order to perform various activities in Windows 10. Similarly, Dir is also a Windows Command Prompt command, which is there to list the folders, sub-folders, and files present in the current directory. ... Read more
You are often required to copy or paste the words in the command prompt using keyboard shortcuts. If you want to do this, you are required to enable the keyboard shortcuts first. This tutorial will show you how you can use this feature to copy or paste in Windows 10. Copy and Paste in Command ... Read more
The Command Prompt is an extremely resourceful tool for Windows operating system. Microsoft has kept this command line interpreter application in almost all the Windows versions. It is officially known as Windows Command Processor and also referred as cmd.exe, cmd prompt and command shell. It is used just like MS-DOS i.e. commands are typed into ... Read more
Windows' command line tool only remembers 300 lines by default - this can be a nuisance especially if you are working with long list outputs. However you can easily increase the number of lines that are shown. Open a cmd window, right-click the title-bar and select Properties. Go to the Layout tab and under Screen Buffer ... Read more
Terminal commands for package management can be an essential thing if you come across an unexpected error or are just interested in how things work. Here are a few of the more important ones: apt-cache search --names-only --installed Followed by a pattern, the above command searches every package in its cache for it (you ... Read more
One of the basic things one does while configuring a Windows system is to enable viewing hidden files. So basically it is impossible to hide files by making them "hidden". What helps against most nosy people though is to make a file a system file or folder - that way the tagged file will remain ... Read more
Notebook batteries lose part of their capacity over time depending on their treatment. To see at how much maximum capacity your battery it, there is a command line tool that you can use from an elevated command line. To open such, search your main menu for cmd, right-click it and choose Run as administrator. In ... Read more
