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Started by Xabbu September 01, 2004 07:53 PM

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Xabbu

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Author

September 01, 2004 07:53 PM

Can anyone tell me what the DOS command is to change directories? Thanks.

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Malone1234

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September 01, 2004 07:54 PM

"cd" (change directory)

If your at
C:
and there's a directory called "Stuff" you type
"cd Stuff"
which brings you to
C:\Stuff

Xabbu

122

Author

September 01, 2004 07:56 PM

Thanks.

Thunder_Hawk

314

September 01, 2004 11:13 PM

cd ..

will take you up one level (to the parent folder). I only say this because it's incredibly useful and not always common knowledge.

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Mastaba

761

September 02, 2004 10:37 AM

Also, just using the help command would have told you this. [grin]

benryves

2,001

September 02, 2004 11:02 AM

Quote:Original post by Thunder_Hawk
cd ..

will take you up one level (to the parent folder). I only say this because it's incredibly useful and not always common knowledge.

Oh, and cd \ takes you to the root of the drive, and in some versions of DOS cd ... takes you up two directories and cd .... goes up three.

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Toadhead

244

September 02, 2004 01:21 PM

to open an directory you use cd <dir name> and to open a file you use just the name of the file when you're in the right directory.

Btw, there's also another thing some ppl don't know, ands thats the command "dir". This command will show you a full list of all files and directory's from the dir you're currently in.

Hope this helps

benryves

2,001

September 02, 2004 01:27 PM

If you have too many files on screen with a DIR command, try pausing after each screen with DIR /P or splitting it into columns with DIR /W - or both, DIR /P/W

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CrimsonSun

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September 02, 2004 01:30 PM

Thunder_Hawk

314

September 02, 2004 06:13 PM

Quote:Original post by benryves
If you have too many files on screen with a DIR command, try pausing after each screen with DIR /P or splitting it into columns with DIR /W - or both, DIR /P/W

You could also write:

dir | more

or

dir .ext

where ext is the file extension you are looking for

and, of course, you can combine the two

dir .ext | more

BTW the | more thing works on any command (including user-made programs) to split the output into pages of information. I use this a lot, especially in compilation scripts.

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