Chapter Essentials

Introducing the Command Prompt The Windows command prompt is a valuable tool for administration, troubleshooting, and automation. The most efficient Windows administrators know the command-prompt interface well.

General Commands In order to use the command prompt, you must have several commands memorized and mastered. These commands include DIR, CD, COPY, ROBOCOPY, CLS, ECHO, and TYPE, among others.

Batch Files When you want to automate mundane or routing tasks, batch files are frequently an excellent solution. With batch files, you can make decisions, execute dozens or hundreds of commands, and quickly modify them without any requirements for compilation.

Mastering SQLCMD With the command prompt's fundamentals under your belt, ...

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