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Working in the command prompt can be quite confusing for some users, here are some hints to ease up your work.
Working in the command prompt can be quite confusing, here are some hints to ease up your work.


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*Most commands support the placeholders ("wildcards") "'''*'''" (any text) and "'''?'''" (one letter) to access several files at once.  
*You can copy & paste into the commandline window when you right-click with the mouse.




*Every commandline command supports the parameter /? or -? to displays it's complete syntax.  
*Most commands support the placeholders ("wildcards") "'''*'''" (any text) and "'''?'''" (one letter) to access several files at once.  
 


*When you want to access another directory than the current one type in the path relative to the current one: "." stands for the current folder, ".." for the foder where the current folder is in.


*Every commandline command supports the parameter '''/?''' to displays it's complete syntax.




*When you want to access another directory than the current one type in the path relative to the current one: "." stands for the current folder, ".." for the folder where the current folder is in.


== Important Commands ==
== Important Commands ==
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==Examples==
==Examples==


  '''dir myfolder'''   shows the contents of "myfolder"  
  '''dir myfolder'''             shows the contents of "myfolder"  
 
'''cd ..\'''                  goes back one level in the folder-tree.


  '''cd ..\'''         goes back one level in the folder-tree.
  '''copy ..\myfolder\*.* .'''   copies all files in "..\myfolder" to the current folder.


  '''copy ..\myfolder\*.* .''' copies all files in "..\myfolder" to the current folder.
  '''ren *.nif Mymod_*.nif'''   puts a "Mymod" in front of all nif files in the current folder.


'''ren *.nif Mymod_*.nif''' puts a "Mymod" in front of all nif files in the current folder.
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