Learn More About Command Line Applications
These days, most people won’t have much reason to fall back to a command line in Windows given that most functions have a corresponding graphical interface. However, for more serious things like network diagnostics (like ping, traceroute, pathping, nslookup etc) there is often no avoiding the command line window.
Anyway, one tip that I always found handy was finding out what options a command line application would accept. Given that a command line application doesn’t have a “Help” menu you’d be stuck if you didn’t know what you were doing in the first instance. If you do find yourself stumped, most command line applications will accept the “/?” resulting in the following commands:
- ping /?
- tracert /?
- pathping /?
- nslookup /?
Easy stuff!
Boydo
My name is Boyd and I’m a Service Management Specialist with a knack for operational data gathering, transformation, analysis and reporting.
In 2012, I obtained my Masters of Science in Information Technology through the University of New South Wales @ The Australia Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA).
I was also part of an online community known as the Panasonic Insider Crew in the capacity of “Insider Guru” for Panasonic Australia where I interacted with other tech enthusiasts and find out more about Panasonic's latest gadgets.
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