Command Line Tricks 


1. Find a file on your hard disk - (This beats the Search doggie in Windows)
      dir filename /s

2. Find a file on your hard disk without all the directory info goo - 
      dir filename /s/b

3. Create a list of files, say your MP3s to share with a friend? (disclaimer: don't do this piracy crap)
    dir *.mp3 /b > filelist.txt

3. Find a directory - 
      dir dirname /s /ad

4. Move between directories easily
     C:\Documents and Settings\Sahil Malik>pushd .
     C:\Documents and Settings\Sahil Malik>cd \
     C:\>popd
     C:\Documents and Settings\Sahil Malik>

5. A better prompt for PushD and PopD via Craig Andrea.

6. Hit Tab for directory/filename compleition

7. Press F7 for a previous command list. User Cursor keys to select the command you need.

8. View all environment variables 
SET

9. View only system variables that start with W
Set W

10. View a particular env. variable
ECHO %WINDIR%

11. Find what process has opened what port
netstat -noa

12. Widen your command prompt.
mode 120,100

13. View your TCP/IP settings.
netsh interface ip show config

14. Weird looking colors
color 8f

15. Find a string in a list of files, for example "Foo" in all .cs files in your project tree: 
findstr /i /s "foo" *.cs 

(You might know that the windows search doggie does an awful job at search thru files, I think it just ignores files with recognized extensions, so .cs will be ignored YUK).

16. refresh the netbios nametables: 
nbtstat -R