How to work in a Command window.
Windows, Mac OS X and other operating systems usually provide an ability to open a command window so that you can run various system commands or execute command line utilities such as one of our Command Line Interface (CLI) clients.
This page explains the basics of opening a command window and performing the most common commands.
Task | Mac OS X | Windows | Linux |
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Open a command window | |||
Change to a different directory | http://www.macworld.com/article/2042378/master-the-command-line-navigating-files-and-folders.html | ||
Create a new directory | http://www.macworld.com/article/2080814/master-the-command-line-copying-and-moving-files.html | http://www.wikihow.com/Create-and-Delete-Files-and-Directories-from-Windows-Command-Prompt | |
Copy a file | http://www.macworld.com/article/2080814/master-the-command-line-copying-and-moving-files.html | ||
Delete a file | http://www.macworld.com/article/2082021/master-the-command-line-deleting-files-and-folders.html | ||
Change permissions on a file | |||
Learn how to use other commands | http://www.macworld.com/article/2044790/master-the-command-line-how-to-use-man-pages.html |