RMDIR or RD if you are using the classic Command Prompt (cmd.exe): rd /s /q “path” RMDIR [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path RD [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path /S Removes all directories and files in the specified directory in addition to the directory itself. Used to remove a directory tree. /Q Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to … Read more
Option 1 After you change PATH with the GUI, close and re-open the console window. This works because only programs started after the change will see the new PATH. Option 2 This option only affects your current shell session, not the whole system. Execute this command in the command window you have open: set PATH=%PATH%;C:\your\path\here\ … Read more
The most common ways to use the shutdown command are: shutdown -s — Shuts down. shutdown -r — Restarts. shutdown -l — Logs off. shutdown -h — Hibernates. Note: There is a common pitfall wherein users think -h means “help” (which it does for every other command-line program… except shutdown.exe, where it means “hibernate”). They … Read more
You might already have curl It is possible that you won’t need to download anything: If you are on Windows 10, version 1803 or later, your OS ships with a copy of curl, already set up and ready to use. If you have Git for Windows installed (if you downloaded Git from git-scm.com, the answer … Read more
Enjoy: forfiles -p “C:\what\ever” -s -m *.* -d <number of days> -c “cmd /c del @path” See forfiles documentation for more details. For more goodies, refer to An A-Z Index of the Windows XP command line. If you don’t have forfiles installed on your machine, copy it from any Windows Server 2003 to your Windows XP machine at %WinDir%\system32\. … Read more
As a simplification, it’s like this: Compile something in Cygwin and you are compiling it for Cygwin. Compile something in MinGW and you are compiling it for Windows. About Cygwin Cygwin is a compatibility layer that makes it easy to port simple Unix-based applications to Windows, by emulating many of the basic interfaces that Unix-based … Read more
Use: echo hello echo: echo world
Historically, Microsoft had a Windows port of redis, which was released as Redis-64, which offers a full distribution of redis for Windows. The Microsoft port is now deprecated, but some alternatives have sprung up to fill that void: Memurai is the alternative officially recommended on the Redis-64 deprecation page; it is a commercial offering with … Read more
Export cmd.exe, requires elevated prompt due to regedit: Only sessions (produces file putty-sessions.reg on the Desktop): regedit /e “%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\putty-sessions.reg” HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\Sessions All settings except ssh keys (produces file putty.reg on the Desktop): regedit /e “%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\putty.reg” HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham Powershell: Only sessions (produces file putty-sessions.reg on the Desktop): reg export HKCU\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\Sessions ([Environment]::GetFolderPath(“Desktop”) + “\putty-sessions.reg”) All settings except ssh keys … Read more
You want: dir > a.txt 2>&1 The syntax 2>&1 will redirect 2 (stderr) to 1 (stdout). You can also hide messages by redirecting to NUL. More explanation and examples are on the Microsoft documentation page Redirecting error messages from Command Prompt: STDERR/STDOUT.