Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference

Name

cmd

Synopsis

cmd [options] [/C | /K [/S] command]

Start a new Windows 2000 command interpreter. If command is specified, that command is executed. Enclose multiple commands in quotation marks. See the cmd /? documentation for other features (e.g., command /path completion, delayed environment variable expansion, and so on).

Use the exit command to end a command interpreter session.

Options

/C | /K [/S]

Carry out the specified command, retaining (/C ) or terminating ( /K) the command interpreter afterward. With either /C or /K, /S says to process quotes in the command string before execution. (Usually they are preserved.)

/Q

Disable command echoing (see echo OFF, later in this book).

/E:ON | OFF

Enable/disable command interpreter extensions. Set the default by the value of the HKCU\ or HKLM\ Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\Enable Extensions registry key (enabled by default).

/A | /U

Format command output as ANSI (default) or Unicode, respectively.

/D

Disable registry autorun commands in the HKLM\ or HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\Autorun registry key.