Learning About Command-Line Programs
How do you know what programs are available and how to use them? For that, you must turn to documentation about the command-line environment. For some reason, Microsoft no longer provides this in the Help and Support system, but you can search online, and some programs can be told to display their own usage information.
To get an idea of what’s available, see Appendix B, “Command-Line Utilities,” at the end of this book. And you might want to check out Brian’s book Windows 7 and Vista Guide to Scripting, Automation, and Command Line Tools.
For a general online listing, perform the Google search
site:microsoft.com command line a-z windows server
and then locate the A–Z listing for Windows Server 2008 or Windows ...
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