The telnet client in Windows is disabled by default. Before using the telnet command in Windows it is needed to enable the telnet client, otherwise you’ll get a result similar to the below messages: CMD: ‘telnet’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. PowerShell: The term ‘telnet’ is […]
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[SOLVED] CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories
If you try to cd to a network drive from the Windows CMD, you will get the following error: CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories Instead of cd command in CMD you can use a pushd command, that creates a drive mapping to the network share and then changes into a path […]
PowerShell: Clear History of Previous Commands
This is not obvious, but the Clear-History command in PowerShell won’t clear the history of the previous commands. The Clear-History clears only the commands entered during the current session, that could be displayed by the Get-History command. To clear the history in PowerShell, it needs to delete the file in which the previous commands are […]
Windows: PowerShell – Download File From URL
Windows PowerShell can be used for downloading files via HTTP and HTTPS protocols. In PowerShell, as an alternative to the Linux curl and wget commands, there is an Invoke-WebRequest command, that can be used for downloading files from URLs. In this note i am showing how to download a file from URL using the Invoke-WebRequest […]
Windows: Start Service – CMD & PowerShell
The services in Windows can be started using the Service Manager tool. To start the Service Manager GUI, press Win keybutton to open the start menu, type in services to search for the Service Manager and press Enter to launch it. The services can also be started using the command-line prompt (CMD) or the PowerShell. […]
Windows: List Services – CMD & PowerShell
The services in Windows can be listed using the Service Manager tool. To start the Service Manager GUI, press Win keybutton to open the start menu, type in services to search for the Service Manager and press Enter to launch it. The services can also be listed using the command-line prompt (CMD) or the PowerShell. […]
Windows: Which Equivalent – CMD & PowerShell
The which command in Linux is used to identify the location of executables. The where command is a Windows which equivalent in a command-line prompt (CMD). In a Windows PowerShell the alternative for the which command is the Get-Command utility. In this note i will show how to find paths of executable commands in Windows.
Windows: Get Exit Code (ErrorLevel) – CMD & PowerShell
Every command or application returns an exit status, also known as a return status or exit code. A successful command or application returns a 0, while an unsuccessful one returns a non-zero value that usually can be interpreted as an error code. In Linux you can get the exit status of a last command by […]
Windows: Set Environment Variable – CMD & PowerShell
What is an environment variable in Windows? An environment variable is a dynamic “object” containing an editable value which may be used by one or more software programs in Windows. In this note i am showing how to set an environment variable in Windows from the command-line prompt (CMD) and from the Windows PowerShell. In […]
Windows: Grep Equivalent – CMD & PowerShell
The grep command in Linux is widely used for parsing files and searching for useful data in the outputs of different commands. The findstr command is a Windows grep equivalent in a Windows command-line prompt (CMD). In a Windows PowerShell the alternative for grep is the Select-String command. Below you will find some examples of […]