A lot of the answers here helped point me in the right direction, however none were suitable for me, so I am posting my solution. I have Windows 7, which comes with PowerShell built-in. Here is the script I used to find/replace all instances of text in a file: powershell -Command “(gc myFile.txt) -replace ‘foo’, … Read more
Have you correctly set your PATH to point at your Git installation? You need to add the following paths to PATH: C:\Program Files\Git\bin\ C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\ And check that these paths are correct – you may have Git installed on a different drive, or under Program Files (x86). Correct the paths if necessary. Modifying PATH on … Read more
Without redirection, Luc Vu or Erik Konstantopoulos point out to: copy NUL EMptyFile.txt copy /b NUL EmptyFile.txt “How to create empty text file from a batch file?” (2008) also points to: type NUL > EmptyFile.txt # also echo. 2>EmptyFile.txt copy nul file.txt > nul # also in qid’s answer below REM. > empty.file fsutil file … Read more
Note: The question is specifically asking how to upgrade npm, not Node.js. If you want to update Node.js over a CLI on windows, I recommend using chocolatey for that. What method should I choose to update NPM? Node.js v16 or higher? npm install -g npm Node.js v14 or below? Consider updating to latest LTS release … Read more
You have at least three options. I have presented them in order of usage preference. Method 1 – You can use the SC tool (Sc.exe) included in the Resource Kit. (included with Windows 7/8) Open a Command Prompt and enter sc delete <service-name> Tool help snippet follows: DESCRIPTION: SC is a command line program used … Read more
See Windows Batch File (.bat) to get current date in MMDDYYYY format: @echo off For /f “tokens=2-4 delims=/ ” %%a in (‘date /t’) do (set mydate=%%c-%%a-%%b) For /f “tokens=1-2 delims=/:” %%a in (‘time /t’) do (set mytime=%%a%%b) echo %mydate%_%mytime% If you prefer the time in 24 hour/military format, you can replace the second FOR line … Read more
PowerShell has a cmdlet for this called Measure-Command. You’ll have to ensure that PowerShell is available on the machine that runs it. PS> Measure-Command { echo hi } Days : 0 Hours : 0 Minutes : 0 Seconds : 0 Milliseconds : 0 Ticks : 1318 TotalDays : 1.52546296296296E-09 TotalHours : 3.66111111111111E-08 TotalMinutes : 2.19666666666667E-06 … Read more
On Windows 7/8/10, you can install Chocolatey, which has a script for this built-in. After installing Chocolatey, just type refreshenv.
In Windows/DOS batch files: pause This prints a nice “Press any key to continue . . . ” message Or, if you don’t want the “Press any key to continue . . .” message, do this instead: pause >nul
Update September 2015 (6 years later) The last release of git-for-Windows (2.5.3) now includes: By configuring git config core.editor notepad, users can now use notepad.exe as their default editor. Configuring git config format.commitMessageColumns 72 will be picked up by the notepad wrapper and line-wrap the commit message after the user edits it. See commit 69b301b … Read more