4 Windows Command Prompt Tricks You Probably Don’t Know
Open Command Prompt From a Folder
Have you ever opened the command prompt by endless cd commands
trying to get to a folder ? If the answer is yes then you will pleased
to know that you can actually save a lot of time by opening a command
prompt within a folder from Explorer. All you have to do is hold shift
while right-clicking on a folder and the option will appear in the
context menu.
Command History
You most likely have been pressing the up key to get to your previous
commands, but this can be a pain when you are trying to track down a
particular command. One other way you can view your past command is to
use the doskey command.
doskey /history
Drag and Drop Files to Change the Current Path
Another neat trick if you are not a fan of opening a command prompt from
the context menu is the ability to drag and drop folders onto the
prompt and have it automatically enter the path of the folder. You’ll
need to type the CD command and then drag the folder over to actually
change the path, but you can use the same technique for a lot of
different commands.
Run Multiple Commands In One Go
Our final trick of the day is one that many command line geeks may
already know, the ability to run multiple command at once by linking
them with double ampersands. You can do this with any commands and you
can link up as many as you want:
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