- Command Prompt is a command line interpreter application available in most Windows operating systems.
- Command Prompt is used to execute the entered commands. Most of them are used for automate tasks via scripts and batch files.
- It is officially called Windows command processor but it also called command shell or cmd.exe sometimes.
- Command Prompt perform advanced administrative functions, and troubleshoot and solve certain kinds of Windows issues.
Open Command Prompt:
- To open Command Prompt in Windows click start button and type cmd select command prompt.
- Or hold windows button and press R then a window called run will be opened then enter cmd in that press enter.
Use Command Prompt:
- To use Command Prompt you must enter a valid command along with any optional parameters.
- Then it executes the command as entered and performs the task according the command.
Important:
- Commands must be entered correctly in the Command Prompt.
- Wrong syntax or misspelling could cause the command fail or worse.
- Wrong syntax could execute wrong command or the right command in the wrong way.
