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thomas234 · 14-05-2008, 09:58 PM

I think you mean CMD. It is similar to the MS-DOS style command prompt found in Windows 9x.

If you type a command followed by /? then you get a list of possible arguments. Dir /p lists all your files in a certain directory, whilst pausing at each screenful so you can read it.

With some commands, such as HELP, if you type:

HELP | More

then it does the same as /p for the DIR Command.

Not much more you can do in XP with the CMD console. If you really want to mess around with a proper command line, then install MS-DOS 6.22!

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thomas234 Big Geek Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 16 Male Posts: 753 Times Helpful: 33 My Mood: Bored Status: Offline My Computer	I think you mean CMD. It is similar to the MS-DOS style command prompt found in Windows 9x. If you type a command followed by /? then you get a list of possible arguments. Dir /p lists all your files in a certain directory, whilst pausing at each screenful so you can read it. With some commands, such as HELP, if you type: HELP \| More then it does the same as /p for the DIR Command. Not much more you can do in XP with the CMD console. If you really want to mess around with a proper command line, then install MS-DOS 6.22!