DBZ

Okay I found a CMD on my computer and I was wondering how do I use that. Is it a programming file? I dunno but I need help how to use it and I seen people using it to open files or something. More help needed please. :banana:

AICkieran

You mean command prompt? And its cmd.
Assuming your on windows, Theres a set of commands you can use.
http://www.ss64.com/nt/ should help.

Ooble

If you mean a file with the extension ".cmd", it's basically a batch file. Open it up with Notepad and take a look.

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DBZ

hey thanks man!

OpenLoop

Wow, I hope he wasn't talking about MSDOS. Up to 1995, you almost had to use the command prompt to get into windows. Now, some people don't even know what it is. I spent my childhood in C:\> , but at 23, i guess i'm getting old.

Jessehk

Before the day a tech-support guy came over and started up cmd on my Windows XP, I had never seen it before, and never knew something like it existed.

Coincidentally, my investigation of the command-line led me to linux and programming.

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Jimbo

Ah, the good ol' days of Windows 3.1x... when quiting windows was just Alt-F4... I forget how to start it back up again... (was it just windows.exe?)

Dameon

Nope. Just win

I much prefer *nix terminals over cmd or command.com.

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Ooble

He was talking about files with the ".cmd" extension - batch files.

On a side note, those of you using Windows, check out Monad.

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OpenLoop

[quote=Ooble]He was talking about files with the ".cmd" extension - batch files./QUOTE]
yeah but you had to ruin a nice conversation about win 3.0 didn't you :p .
BTW, it was a com file not an exe. So you could type 'win' like Dameon said or 'win.com' and voila. I used to have it in autoexec so that it starts once the computer boots up.