Here’s the basic set of commands you’ll need to survive the Windows Command Prompt.
Moving between directories
The cd (change directory) command is used to move from one directory to another:
cd <Target directory>
Move to a directory called Python34:
cd Python34
Move to the root directory of the current drive (Win):
cd \
Move to the root directory of this drive (Linux/OSX):
cd / Move up one directory.
For example, from c:\users\mika to c:\users:
cd ..
Move from the current directory – for example c:\Python34 – to the directory c:\users\mika:
cd \users\mika
To move from one drive to another, simply type the drive letter followed by a colon:
x:
Copying files
You can copy files from one folder to another using the copy command:
copy <source file> <target file> <optional parameters>
To copy a file called helloworld.py from the directory c:\Tilap to the directory x:\omat-tiedostot:
copy c:\Tilap\helloworld.py x:\omat-tiedostot\
To create another copy of helloworld.py named helloworld-backup.py inside the same directory:
copy helloworld.py helloworld-backup.py
To copy a file called ohjelma.py from the directory x:\omat-tiedostot to the directory x:\Tilap, and to overwrite files with the same name in the target directory:
copy x:\omat-tiedostot\ohjelma.py c:\Tilap\ /Y
Removing files
You can remove files using the del command:
del <target file(s)> <optional parameters>
To remove a file called test.py in the current directory:
del test.py
To remove a file called test.py in the directory c:\users\mika:
del c:\users\mika\test.py
To remove all files in the current directory:
del *.*