Ever since the computer became an integral part of modern life, we are accustomed to working in a visual graphical interface.In simple language it - click the mouse on the image, drag them, and so on.. But at the dawn of the computer technology it was all different.Then, the team asked the car exclusively in text mode.And now the so-called programmers and advanced users can easily communicate with your computer using text commands.
Sometimes the ability to use such a regime can greatly simplify life, and in some cases becomes necessary.Therefore, in this article we will discuss what the command line in Windows 7 how to open this line and what it might need.
translator with human language to computer
computer to be able to understand the needs of the user, the operating system has a special shell, where the command line of Windows 7 performs the role of an interpreter.English-speaking person in this sense, of course, easier to live, because the teams are written in perfect English.Well, the rest will have to brush up on a couple dozen foreign words.
Command Prompt in Windows 7. How do I open this tool
To begin with a look at how to run we need to enter the environment.Open a command prompt Windows 7, in several ways.
To use the first method, you have to remember a simple command - «cmd».Make is not difficult.These letters are computer shortening of command, which is quite in tune with Russian "team."Using simple examples of mnemonics, we obtain the desired letter ( By of M en D tion).
Click the "Start" button (icon Windows), which is located in your lower left corner of the screen.In the window in the line "Search programs and files" (the bottom line), type «cmd».In the list of programs will be an icon.Clicking on it with the left mouse button, you can run a command line Windows 7.
next way to call the command line, too, starts with the "Start" button.But this time, you can simply click on the list for the string "All Programs" and select the folder "Standard".Clicking on the folder, you will get a number of programs.One of them is the "Command Prompt."
Command Prompt in Windows 7. How to open using standard shortcut
achieve the desired results and can use the key combination «Win» + «R».(Key «Win» is located on the keyboard on the bottom row, third from left, with the logo of Windows).Pressing this combination, you open a special window "Run".The proposed field need to enter the already-familiar command «cmd» and press «Enter».
Why you may need a command line
Suppose you use a trial period of free dating with the operating system Windows 7. It is now coming to an end, but you do not have time to fully understand whether or not to translate it on a permanent basis.This is where you and useful knowledge about working with the command line.
, Microsoft has provided an absolutely legal possibility for a further period (120 days) to activate Windows 7. The command line in this case you will need to enter the code.Ask similar command can only administrator.This precaution is not superfluous.After all, many of the specific changes to the computer, you can enter it using the program "Command Prompt."The administrator of Windows 7 should clearly realize what will his actions.
To access administrator by calling one of the previously described methods of the program, click on the right mouse button and from the context menu, select "Run as administrator" (at the top of the list).
Then in the window that opens, enter the «slmgr.vbs / rearm» (after the letters «vbs» should be a space).And confirm by pressing «Enter».Restart the computer and check the validity of the trial version.It should be 30 days.This procedure may be carried out repeatedly, but no more than three times.So you get a total of 120 days on the feasibility study of the operating system.
list of basic commands
for a plurality of basic and specific functions will also help the command line in Windows 7. How do I open the desired directory or folder, and conduct the necessary operations with them, you learn from the following list of commands.And although he is not exhaustive, but the knowledge of this basis may one day be great to simplify your life.For ease of reading, try to group teams in small blocks.
commands for working with files and folders
- If necessary, remove any file or an entire group of files, use the command «del».
- to copy data to another folder or directory use the command «copy».
- To find the current file (or a group consisting of multiple files) specified text string, type «find».
- If you were to compare several files to detect differences between them, use the letter combination «fc».
- to move the files to another folder, type «move».
- To create a new empty folder, it is enough to request «md».
- If necessary, delete the folder with all its contents permanently use «rd».
- If you want to display to print text or graphic information from the specified file, type «print».
- for the full replacement of selected files, specify a command «replace».
- To rename a single file or folder, enter the «ren».
- To see the full report on the graphics directory structure disk or folder, use the «tree».
- sometimes need to run an improved means of copying files and even complete directory trees.In this case, dial «robocopy»
- And for simply copying files and directory trees used «xcopy».
- If you want to see the full contents of these text files on its screen, give the command «type».
Management Command Line
For direct control of the command line used a number of specific commands.Thanks to them, you can afford a certain degree of individualized work with this program, modifying some of its parameters.
- To start the second extra copy of the command line, enter «cmd».It will open in a nearby window.
- To clear screen command prompt, send the command «cls».
- If necessary, change the very prompt in the command line, enter the «prompt».
- To assign an original title for a window for the current session, command «title».
- Team «color» allows you to select and install a custom text color and background for the program interface.
- Exit from the command line is always carried out using the «exit».
Working with command prompt in Windows 8
In Windows 7 to launch the command prompt as an administrator is relatively easy.But in order to open the program in the environment of Windows 8, you must know some of the subtleties of the news and shell.
In Windows 8, there is no "Start" menu.In order to bring us the right panel, you need to right click on any empty area of the desktop.After this operation the bottom of the screen will have an additional panel, where you will find the icon "All applications" (bottom right corner).
open the application (click on the icon in the left mouse button) and look at the pop icon list labeled "Command Line" (it will be located approximately in the middle of the panel).Click on this icon, right-click (if you use the left button, then the default command line will be opened in the name of the current user), and appeared at the bottom of the optional control panel running select the option "Run as administrator".
Further work in this program is no different from working in an earlier version of Windows, we have considered above.
Timely Assistant
Although the work with the command line, by all accounts, is a privilege of experienced users, in fact, to master this tool everyone can.And the invaluable help in learning to play a built-in assistant.Called it is very easy to remember text commands «Help».
working with the command line, you can always ask a command «Help» - and the program will give you a full list of its features.In order to obtain more detailed information about a particular LETA team, simply enter a request in the format «help + command name."
So do not be afraid to experiment and expand their horizons.Study the possibility of your own computer or laptop - and soon you will be able to easily converse on equal terms with those who received specialized education.
