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(COMMAND.COM uses temporary files, and runs the two sides serially, one after the other.) Multiple commands can be processed in a single command line using the command separator &&. [8] When using this separator in the Windows cmd.exe, each command must complete successfully for the following commands to execute. For example:
Command history is a feature in many operating system shells, computer algebra programs, and other software that allows the user to recall, edit and rerun previous commands. Command line history was added to Unix in Bill Joy 's C shell of 1978; Joy took inspiration from an earlier implementation in Interlisp . [ 1 ]
The command redirects requests for disk operations on one drive to a different drive. It can also display drive assignments or reset all drive letters to their original assignments. The command is available in MS-DOS versions 3 through 5 and IBM PC DOS releases 2 through 5.
A command-line history can be kept, allowing review or repetition of commands. A command-line system may require paper or online manuals for the user's reference, although often a help option provides a concise review of the options of a command. The command-line environment may not provide graphical enhancements such as different fonts or ...
COMMAND.COM is the default command-line interpreter for MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me.In the case of DOS, it is the default user interface as well. [2] It has an additional role as the usual first program run after boot (init process), hence being responsible for setting up the system by running the AUTOEXEC.BAT configuration file, and being the ancestor of all processes.
The category Windows commands deals with articles related to internal and external commands supported by members of the Windows family of operating systems including Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE and Windows ME as well as the NT family.
Both commands are available in FreeCOM, the command-line interface of FreeDOS. [8] In Windows PowerShell, pushd is a predefined command alias for the Push-Location cmdlet and popd is a predefined command alias for the Pop-Location cmdlet. Both serve basically the same purpose as the pushd and popd commands.
The original version of the TRIM command has been defined as a non-queued command by the T13 subcommittee, and consequently can incur massive execution penalty if used carelessly, e.g., if sent after each filesystem delete command. The non-queued nature of the command requires the driver to first wait for all outstanding commands to be finished ...