Windows Command Line (examcomppass)

/Y

COPY command that switches suppresses the confirmation prompt displayed when Windows is about to overwrite the contents of an existing file.

RD and RMDIR

Can be used in Windows Command Prompt to delete a directory.

CLS

Clears the Command Prompt window screen in Windows

..

Parameter of the CD command in Windows moves that command-line prompt one folder up in the directory tree (sets the prompt at the parent folder of the current folder)

/SCANNOW

Parameter of the System File Checker utility in Microsoft Windows that combines scanning the integrity of all protected system files with restoration of corrupted files

DIR and DIR *.*

Windows Command Prompt commands that can be used to list all directory's files and subdirectories contained in the current directory.

IPCONFIG

Windows Command Prompt commandthat allows you to display IP addresses, subnet mask, and default gateway for all adapters.

NETDOM

Windows command-line command for managing Active Directory domains.

TASKKILL

Windows command-line utilities that allows you to terminate tasks by process id or image name.

/f

option of CHKDSK will fix file system errors, but it will not scan the individual drive sectors. To enable the file sector sector scanning, run /r which will both fix file system errors AND scan the individual system errors.

GPRESULT

A command-line command in Windows that displays Group Policy information for a machine or user.

NETSTAT

A command-line utility which can be used for Displaying active TCP/IP connections.

REG

Command that allows for editing Windows registry from the Command Prompt

SHUTDOWN

Command that can be used to shut down or restart local or remote hosts running Windows.

GPUPDATE

Command-line command that allows for updating multiple Group Policy settings in Windows

TASKLIST

Command-line in Windows that displays a list of currently running processes on the local computer or on a remote computer

REGSVR32

Command-line utility in Microsoft Windows operating systems that allows registering and unregistering DLLs and ActiveX controls in the Windows Registry.

CD\ and CHDIR\

Commands in Windows Change the current directory to the root directory.

BOOTREC /FIXMBR

Commands in Windows Command Prompt that writes a new master boot record to a disk

DISKPART

Commonly used for partitioning and managing drive structures (like a NTFS logical drive). This command replaced the FDISK command that was used prior to Windows XP.

TASKKILL /IM NOTEPAD.EX

Correct syntax for a Windows Command Prompt TASKKILL command that would allow to close NOTEPAD.EXE by providing its imagename

FORMAT

For a newly added hard drive, this command allows you to configure it with a file system so that Windows can store information on the disk.

NSLOOKUP

Network administration command-line tool can be used for DNS queries

/S

RD command in Windows that allows for the deletion of an entire directory tree (the specified directory and all its subdirectories, including all files)

/r

SHUTDOWN command switch in Windows Command Prompt that forces full system shutdown and restart of the Windows host.

-t

Switch that puts the PING command in a loop (ping the specified host until stopped)

COPY

The following command-line command can be used to copy one or more files from one location to another.

NET VIEW

This Windows command-line command can be used to display a list of domains, computers, or shared resources available on a specific computer.

BOOTREC.EXE

This command launches a tool for manual troubleshooting of problems related to master boot record (MBR), boot sector, and Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store in Windows RE Command Prompt.

BOOTREC /FIXBOOT

What command in Windows Command Prompt writes a new boot sector to the system partition?

PING

What command-line allows to test the reachability of a host across an IP network?

MD and MKDIR

What command-line commands are used in Windows to create a directory or subdirectory?

RD

What function can be used on the command line to remove an empty directory?

/V

Which COPY command switches verifies that the new files are written correctly?

EXIT and TASKKILL /IM CMD.EXE

Which commands exits the command interpreter in Windows?

?

Wildcard character that can be used as a substitute for a single character in a file or directory name.

*

Wildcard character that can be used as a substitute for any string of characters in a file or directory name.

EXPAND

Windows Command Prompt command used for uncompressing cabinet files.

DEL and ERASE

Windows Command Prompt commands that can be used to delete one or more files

NBTSTAT

Windows command-line utility designed to be of help in troubleshooting NetBIOS name resolution problems

sfc (System File Checker will look through your system files to determine if any modifications have been made to these critical system resources.)

You are concerned that a virus has corrupted some of your system files. Which command line utility can check system file integrity?

xcopy (is quite versatile, and can be used to bulk copy and verify data after the copy is complete.)

You need to copy a large library of digital photos from one computer to another. Which command line tool can simultaneously copy both files and directories?