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Windows PowerShell, Microsoft's object-oriented command line shell and scripting language, executes the cd command (cmdlet) within the shell's process. However, since PowerShell is based on the .NET Framework and has a different architecture than previous shells, all of PowerShell's cmdlets like ls, rm etc. run in the shell's process. Of course ...
Command-line completion allows the user to type the first few characters of a command, program, or filename, and press a completion key (normally Tab ↹) to fill in the rest of the item. The user then presses Return or ↵ Enter to run the command or open the file.
FINDSTR flags strings [drive:][path]filename[...] Arguments: flags This can be any combination of flags described below. strings Text to be searched for. [drive:][path]filename Specifies a file or files to search. Flags: /B Matches pattern if at the beginning of a line. /E Matches pattern if at the end of a line. /L Uses search strings literally.
Background execution allows a shell to run a command without user interaction in the terminal, freeing the command line for additional work with the shell. POSIX shells and other Unix shells allow background execution by using the & character at the end of command. In PowerShell, the Start-Process [43] or Start-Job [44] cmdlets can be used.
Only files whose filename matches the pattern are selected. The file extension is included in the filename; the path (folder name) is not. The pattern must match the entire name, or use wildcards. The default is to match all files. This option treats glob patterns *.* and * differently. The former will only match files with a dot in their name ...
When the user types a command without providing the full path, this list is checked to see whether it contains a path that leads to the command. HOME ( Unix-like ) and USERPROFILE (Microsoft Windows): indicate where a user's home directory is located in the file system .
"long" device path such as \\?\C:\File or \\?\UNC\Server\Volume\File. [10] This path points to the local file namespace and \\.\ is a similar one that points to the local DOS device namespace. This format is also the "raw" or "uninterpreted" path, since it sends paths straight to the file system without converting / to \ and interpreting names ...
Symbolic links in the user's PATH (such as /bin). This method is useful for providing an additional way of calling the command, and in some cases may allow access to a buried command function for the small number of commands that use their invocation name to select the mode of operation.