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Thanks Mike Martinez.
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haha... had a 3yr stint using Multi-user DOS 
That was fun....
That was fun....
I wondered whether they had a command prompt-like thingy since OSX was basically unix all gussied up. About time!
This is what drove me crazy about Macs. No command prompt!
Yeah, except for the last 6 years when they've had a much more powerful command prompt than Windows. Powershell looks neat, though. Between Windows Core and Powershell, Windows Server 2008 is basically going to be unix.
I use DOS (or the command prompt, whatever) daily, constantly. Learned it years ago when I did a rotation in our PC dept. Anybody else remember edlin? Here's a great tip for you DOS jockeys. Add a right click to a folder in windows explorer to open a command prompt in the directory so you don't have to cd all the time. I can't live without this trick:
http://www.suodenjoki.dk/us/productions/articles/cmdprompt.htm
I use loops all the time too:
for %f in (*.*) do echo %f
(or whatever command you want to put after the "do.")
So for the first trick in the article I'd do this:
for %f in (jpg tif png) do move *.%f pics
This is what drove me crazy about Macs. No command prompt!
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http://www.suodenjoki.dk/us/productions/articles/cmdprompt.htm
I use loops all the time too:
for %f in (*.*) do echo %f
(or whatever command you want to put after the "do.")
So for the first trick in the article I'd do this:
for %f in (jpg tif png) do move *.%f pics
This is what drove me crazy about Macs. No command prompt!
This comment was edited on Oct 11, 12:31.
I've been using the command prompt every day since Dos 5. I feel so old.
Thats what I am saying!
Imagine kids growing up don't know what to do if the Windows screen doesn't come up!
/edit: Looking at the Wiki - I think my start was around DOS 4? I dunno, whatever the computer had that Cargill used.
Rev. Norb: I'd just like to say that four for a dollar Tijuana tacos seemed like a good idea at the time. Please pass the toilet paper.
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I've been using the command prompt every day since Dos 5. I feel so old. 
ummmm....have users become either
So stupid, or so uninformed, that an article has to be written on how to get to the command prompt?
And the use of VER? WTF!?
ugh....I can't take it....I really can't.
Rev. Norb: I'd just like to say that four for a dollar Tijuana tacos seemed like a good idea at the time. Please pass the toilet paper.
So stupid, or so uninformed, that an article has to be written on how to get to the command prompt?
And the use of VER? WTF!?
ugh....I can't take it....I really can't.
Rev. Norb: I'd just like to say that four for a dollar Tijuana tacos seemed like a good idea at the time. Please pass the toilet paper.
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