Cmd Flashcards

1
Q

dir

A

List files and directories

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2
Q

cd

A

Change working directory

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3
Q

..

A

Moves backwards from current directory

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4
Q

md

A

Make directory (mkdir)

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5
Q

rd

A

Remove directory (rmdir)

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6
Q

hostname

A

confirms name of the system you are working on in the cmd

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7
Q

format

A

formats a disk for use with Windows (sets up a file system)

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8
Q

copy x y

A

copys a file or folder
x = source file
y = where the copy will go

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9
Q

xcopy

A

copies files and directory trees

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10
Q

robocopy

A

better version of xcopy

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11
Q

shutdown

A

shutdown or restart

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12
Q

diskpart

A

creates particition on a disk

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13
Q

what is a partition?

A

a logical division of a drive to make seperate drives on 1 storage device

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14
Q

winver

A

shows windows version

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15
Q

gpupdate

A

force a group policy update

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16
Q

gpresult

A

shows policy settings for a computer or user

17
Q

ipconfig

A

shows ip info of machine

18
Q

ping

A

determines if two devices can communicate

19
Q

netstat

A

network statistics - shows connections to device

20
Q

nslookup

A

name server lookup - gets ip addresses of web server from domain name aka google.com = 8.8.8.8

21
Q

net user

A

shows users on windows and can make changes to accounts

22
Q

net use

A

maps a network share to a drive letter

23
Q

tracert

A

determines the route a packet is taking to get to and from destination

24
Q

pathping

A

combines ping and tracert

25
Q

[command] / ?

A

essentially the help command

26
Q

chkdsk

A

tries to fix file system errors

27
Q

sfc

A

checks for file problems