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Windows shell

cmd	linux	example
dir	ls
cd	cd
cd \	cd ~
mkdir	mkdir
copy	cp
del	rm
echo	echo
type	cat
*	wildcard	del *.txt
echo %cd%	pwd
ren		rename

To go to a given drive: d: c: e: …

redirect echo test > test.txt

concat echo test » test.txt

Create env variable

set MSG=Hello
echo %MSG%

Script

.bat or .cmd file

Usually start with @echo off

Comment by beginning a line with rem

pause to ask to type a word pause > nul to remove the message

Variable

set myvariable=Text to display
rem for a int
set /a mynumber=1

echo %myvariable%

To prompt, use the /p flag

set /p option=enter an option

Argument

Use %1, %2…

echo %1

Operator

if () else () NOT EXIST: dos a file exist EQU: == LSS: < GTR: > NEQ: != LEQ: <= GEQ: >=

set p=apple
if not [%1] equ [%p%] (
  echo no apple
) else (
  echo apple
)

Pointer

use GOTO and : to jump around code

@echo off
goto myligne

echo ligne1
echo ligne2
:myligne
echo ligne3

Can be use to create a loop

:start
echo It's %time%
goto start

Loop

Use the for keyword with %%i and do where %%i is the loop variable. (can be any one letter %%a %%b…)

@echo off

set city=Paris,New York, London
for %%i in (%city%) do (
    echo %%i
)

for /f

Execute a command for each line. The line can be break down into tokens.

for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=," %%a in (data.cvs) do (
  echo First token: %%a
  echo Second token: %%b
)

Command

cmd	description	example
tree	print the tree of the dir
prompt	change prompt	prompt type:
compact	compress and decompress file	compact test.txt
variable	display system version
find	find line in a text	find hello test.txt