Command Line Command - The Basics
Command Purpose Extras / Examples
COLOR <hex><hex> Changes the font and background color COLOR /? - Lists colors
of console window. It uses 2 hex values COLOR 84 - Gray Background, Red Text
to set the background, Font colors COLOR - Resets to default
CLS Clears screen
DATE Displays and allows Date to be changed
TIME Displays and allows Time to be changed
EXIT Exits from the console
HELP Lists available console commands HELP COLOR - Gives specific info about
COLOR command (Color /?)
wmic logicaldisk get name Tells which drive letters are available
H: Jumps to a different drive (network or
physical)
DIR Shows contents of current folder /b - bare
/s - show subfolders as well
* - wildcard (can be used on filename or
extension
dir *.exe - shows all executable files
dir a*.* - shows all files that start with a
CD (Change Directory) Change to a new directory (folder) cd folder_name (must exists)
cd.. - Move you up one file system level
cd workspace\tam
cd\ - Moves to root of that directory
MD <Directory_Name> Make a Directory MD PC_Repair
RD <Directory_Name> Removes Directory (must be empty)
DEL <Filename> Deletes the file in the current directory Wildcards work here
DEL *.DOC (Deletes all word documents)
TYPE <Filename.txt> Outputs the contents of a text file Type readme.txt
REN <Filename> <NewFilename> Gives a new name to a file. Be sure to rename hi.txt bye.txt
include extension
COPY <Filename> < Path> Copies files to a new destination COPY readme.txt h:\practice
NSLookup <domain> Returns the IP address of a domain NSLOOKUP google.com
name returns 216.58.216.75
telnet <IP> Connects to a remote IP address Telnet 10.3.1.1
tree shows the file system hierarchy
echo Used to show message at the console echo hello there
level
@echo off Hides the command syntax from the
output of a batch file
:<Label> Gives a name to a location in a batch :Start
file, which you can jump to with GOTO
GOTO <Label> Jumps to the label mentioned. Can GOTO Start
cause console commands to repeat
Pause <Message> Pauses the running of the batch file Pause Do you want to continue?
Call <Drive><Path><Filename> Calls another file to run. Call H:\hacking\runme.bat
msg * <message> Generates a message box with message msg * Hello
pkgmgr /iu:”TelnetClient” Enables Telnet
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl Wait and see
Building a Batch File
A batch file is a simple notepad document that will run the console commands inside it in order. We can string together
a series of commands that will perform an operation.
matrix.bat
@echo off
color 02
:tricks
echo %random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%
goto tricks
