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| what command can show if a file is read-only? |
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| can you type attrib without any switches? |
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| yes, attrib will show the attributes of all files in the current directory |
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| what is the command to make readme.txt a hidden file? |
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| what is the command to remove the hidden attribute from readme.txt? |
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| what is the command to make readme.txt hidden, system and read-only? |
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| attrib +s +h +r readme.txt |
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| what is the command to make all mp3 files hidden? |
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| what is the command to make all of the files in c:\windosbk hidden including subfolders? |
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| what is the command to substitute a drive letter for a directory? |
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| can you type subst without any switches? |
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| yes, subst will show which drive letters have already been substituted |
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| what is the command to substitute w: for c:\windows? |
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| what is the command to substitute t: for c:\temp? |
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| what is the command to view the substituted drive letters? |
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| what is the command to delete the substituted drive t:? |
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| what two commands can you use to copy files? |
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| can the copy command copy a directory structure? |
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| no, you must use xcopy to copy a directory structure |
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| what two xcopy switches look at the archive attribute prior to copying? |
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| xcopy /a and xcopy /m both look at the archive attribute |
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| what xcopy switch looks at the archive attribute and does not change the attribute after copying? |
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| what is the command to copy all files in the current directory after 10-25-09 and place them in c:\backup? |
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| xcopy .\*.* c:\backup /d:10-25-09 |
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| what is the xcopy switch that copies directories except empty directories? |
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| what is the xcopy switch that copies directories including empty directories? |
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| what is the xcopy switch that continues to copy even if there are errors? |
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| what is the xcopy switch that verifies that the files were copied correctly? |
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| what is the xcopy switch that copies hidden and system files? |
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| does xcopy without switches overwrite read-only files? |
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| no, you must use a switch to overwrite read-only files |
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| what is the xcopy switch that overwrites read-only files? |
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| does xcopy also copy the attributes without switches? |
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| no, you must use a switch to copy the attributes to the destination files |
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| what is the xcopy switch to copy the attributes? |
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| what is the command to copy all of the files from c:\windosbk to c:\backup that already exist in c:\backup? |
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| xcopy c:\windosbk\*.* c:\backup /u |
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| what command can show me all of the commands that have been entered on the current command prompt window? |
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| how can I make a file called allcommands.txt that show all of the commands that have been entered on the current command prompt window? |
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| doskey /history > allcommands.txt |
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| what two commands can show me files and directories? |
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| does typing the tree command show files? |
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| no, tree only shows directories |
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| what is the tree switch to show files? |
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| what is the command to show the directory structure without files of a floppy disk? |
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| what is the command to show the directory structure including files for c:\windows? |
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| what is the command to check the filesystem? |
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| how can you tell where chkdsk is located? |
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| what is the chkdsk switch to fix filesystem errors on the disk? |
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| what is the chkdsk switch to recover data from bad sectors? |
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| do you need chkdsk /f switch when using chkdsk /r switch? |
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| no, chkdsk /r implies that it is using /f |
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| what is the command to check c: drive for bad sectors? |
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| what is the command to check c: drive for bad sectors and to first dismount c: drive if necessary? |
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| what happens if you try to run chkdsk on c: drive while you are using c: drive? |
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| you get an error message asking if you want to check the volume when you restart |
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| what is the chkdsk switch to see if the file readme.txt is fragmented? |
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| can you use chkdsk to see if a file is fragmented on an NTFS computer? |
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| no, it must be a FAT or FAT32 filesystem |
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| what is the redirection symbol to redirect the output and overwrite a file? |
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| the redirection symbol is > |
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| what is the redirection symbol to redirect the output and append a file? |
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| the redirection symbol is >> |
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| what is the redirection symbol to redirect the input from a file? |
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| the redirection symbol is < |
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| what is the command to sort a file? |
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| what is the command to view the contents of state.cap with the type command and then sort the output? |
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| what is the command to sort the file state.cap without using the pipe symbol? |
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| what is the command to sort the file state.cap in reverse order? |
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| what is the output of the command sort state.cap +17? |
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| you would get the error message input file specified two times |
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| what is the command to sort the file state.cap by the 17th character of each line? |
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| what happens to a file that is sorted with the sort command? |
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| the file remains the same without being sorted |
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| what is the command to sort state.cap by the 17th character and save the output to a file called sortedcaps.txt? |
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| sort state.cap /+17 > sortedcaps.txt |
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| does the sort command have a switch to specify where the sorted input is to be stored? |
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| which is faster sort state.cap > sorted.txt or sort state.cap /o sorted.txt? |
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| the /o option is faster than the > redirection |
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| what is the command to search for a text string in a file or files? |
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| what is the command to view the contents of personal.fil with the type command and search for the string "california"? |
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| type personal.fil | find "california" |
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| what is the command to search for the string "california" in personal.fil without using the pipe symbol? |
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| find "california" personal.fil |
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| what is the search switch to ignore the case? |
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| what is the command to display the number of times "smith" is found in personal.fil? |
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| find "smith" personal.fil /c |
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| what is the command to display all lines and their line numbers that contain "smith" in personal.fil? |
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| find "smith" personal.fil /c |
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| what is the command to display the count of the number of times it finds "smith" regardlesss of case in the file personal.fil? |
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| find "smith" personal.fil /i /c |
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| what is the command to pause the display for one screen at a time? |
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| what is the command to view the tree output of c:\windows and pause the output? |
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| what is the command to view the file personal.fil and pause the output after each screenful? |
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| more personal.fil or type personal.fil | more |
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| what is the command to view the file personal.fil by clearing the screen, start at line 23 and pause at each screen? |
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| what is the command to display the dir command on c:\windows, sort the output, pause at each screen? |
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| dir c:\windows | sort | more |
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