15 CMD Commands and More
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| Cipher /w:c | - will wipe free space on the drive. The command does not overwrite undeleted data, so you will not wipe out files you need by running this command. | ||
| Driverquery -v | - v to obtain more information, including the directory in which the driver is installed. | ||
| fc | - File compare. You can also extend the command in several ways. Typing “/b” compares only binary output, “/c” disregards the case of text in the comparison, and “/l” only compares ASCII text. Example: fc /l "C:\Program Files (x86)\example1.doc" "C:\Program Files (x86)\example2.doc" The above command compares ASCII text in two word documents. |
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Ipconfig |
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| Netstat | Entering the command “netstat -an” will provide you with a list of currently open ports and related IP addresses. This command will also tell you what state the port is in – listening, established or closed. This is a great command for when you’re trying to troubleshoot devices connected to your PC or when you fear a Trojan infected your system and you’re trying to locate a malicious connection. |
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| Ping | |||
| PingPath | - useful if there are multiple routers between your PC and the device you’re testing. | ||
| Tracert | |||
| Powercfg | |||
| Shutdown | |||
| Systeminfo | |||
| sfc | To fix files without reboot, run command below: | ||
| dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth | (run as admin) | ||
| Tasklist | There’s also a wide range of modifiers. “Tasklist -svc” shows services related to each task, use “tasklist -v” to obtain more detail on each task, and “tasklist -m” will locate .dll files associated with active tasks. | ||
| Taskkill | You can force stop a program using “taskkill -im” followed by the executable’s name, or “taskkill -pid” followed by the process ID. | ||
| nbtstat | For looking up names of computers on your network. | ||
| netstat -ano | find “EST” | To get a list of processes with established CP connections. | ||
| tasklist | find “[process id]” | To get the name of the executable associated with the particular process id that I’m interested in. | ||
| cacls | This command is “most handy to manually access hidden files and folder | ||
| net use | To map drives of networked CNC machines. | ||
| chkdsk /f C: | Checks your C: partition hard disk for errors and fixes bad sectors. | ||
| Schtasks | To schedule tasks. | ||