Windows CMD Basics

Essential Windows Command Prompt commands.

Navigation

Show current directory
cd

Change directory
cd C:\Users

Go to parent directory
cd ..

Change drive
D:

List files
dir

List with details
dir /a

File Operations

Copy file
copy file.txt dest.txt

Move file
move file.txt C:\Temp

Delete file
del file.txt

Rename file
ren old.txt new.txt

Create directory
mkdir MyFolder

Remove directory
rmdir MyFolder
rmdir /s MyFolder // with contents

Viewing Files

Display file content
type file.txt

Display one page at a time
more file.txt

Find text in file
find "search" file.txt

Find with line numbers
find /n "search" file.txt

System Info

System information
systeminfo

Computer name
hostname

Current user
whoami

IP configuration
ipconfig
ipconfig /all

Clear screen
cls