Windows Commands 101
This short tutorial introduces the basics of command line operations in Windows OS.
1. Open a command window window
To open a command window at a given directory,
- Windows: go to the directory in the file explorer, Shift+Right click, you’ll see "Open a command window here".
- If you have git installed. You may also right-click and "open a git bash window", which is another flavor of command window.
- Mac OS: you can enable the "open terminal here" service and access the service using Right Click (or Control + Click), then services (more detail here http://goo.gl/cmMmz).
2. Commonly used Windows commands
| Purpose | windows | Mac OS |
|---|---|---|
| view content of current directory | dir |
ls ls -l |
| go to a subdirectory* | cd dir_name |
cd dir_name |
| go one level up | cd .. |
cd .. |
| what is the current directory | dir |
pwd |
Note: in many cases, you can type tab to autocomplete the dir/file name