The command line lets you communicate directly with your computer and instruct it to perform various tasks. For this you have to use specific commands
#help
c:\>command /?
#Path working directory
c:\>pwd
#Computer name (hostname)
c:\>hostname
#dir
c:\>dir
#List files (size, time, reverse)
c:\>ls -lSr
#change to drive
c:\>f:
#change to folder
f:\>cd folder
#change to root drive
f:\>cd \
#make a directory
c:\>md
#remove a directory
c:\>rd
#remove a file/s
c:\>rm name
c:\>rm -rf dir_name
c:\>rm *
#copy a file/s
c:\>cp file.txt dir_name
#move
c:\>mv file.txt dir_name
#open explorer window
c:\>start .
#create file
copy con myfile.txt
touch myfile.txt
#read file
c:\>more file_name
#find files
c:\>find . -name "*.txt"
#Pipes And Redirection
#The | takes the output from the command on the left, and "pipes" it to the command on the right.
c:\>cat file_name | less
#The > takes the output of the command on the left, then writes it
c:\>cat file_name > file_name2
The >> takes the output of the command on the left, then appends it
c:\>cat file_name >> file_name2
#Environment variable
c:\>env
c:\>env | grep subl
#How To Launch Git Bash from DOS Command Line?
#x64
start "" "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login
#x86
start "" "%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login
#alias
doskey subl="C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3\sublime_text.exe" $*
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