Tricks in cmd.exe

Go to the MS site and get the "Open Command Window Here" powertoy. That way, just right clicking on any folder gives you an "Open Command Window Here" option. If you click it, it opens up a shell with the current directory as whatever folder you right-clicked on. Very useful.

And the reverse. If you want to open a explorer window in a particular folder from within a command prompt, just cd to that folder and type "start ." (that's "start" followed by a period).

And finally, on Windows XP, cmd.exe has a neat autocomplete feature. Say you want to cd to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\. Instead of typing the whole thing, you can simply (assuming you're on C:), cd \pro[TAB]\mic[a few TABs until you see Microsoft Office] enter. For those who've ever used an IRC client, it works much like the nick completion in mIRC and XChat.

Cheers,
cgkanchi

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believe (if i'm not mistaken) the last one did have a "tips and tricks" page, perhaps it has something useful for you there

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i apoligize, i saw the first part of the site but faled to see the tips and tricks section....

A bit more on pipes since we're talking about cool command stuff -

| sends the output of whatever command/command chain you entered to whatever you specify... so like | more makes it scroll slow and easy, you can also |^P and output directly to the local/network assigned printer, or | filename.txt and send the output to a textfile for later perusal. This comes in handy when you want to *prove* to the admin that his system has holes in it, or if you want a hardcopy to show others.

Some other cool things I like to do are a bit older, but still work - batch chaining, for example -
I learned to do this when trying to write a menu setup for my old dos machine - you create a batch file, then from within it, you call up other batch files you've created. This helps in allowing you to gather input from users, cross multiple directories with your menu, or just manipulate outputted data in general - output of one becomes input of the next, etc..

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i apoligize, i saw the first part of the site but faled to see the tips and tricks section....

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doesn't matter, i just hope it helps you ;)