How to Make the BEST Command Prompt (cmd)

Intro: How to Make the BEST Command Prompt (cmd)

Hello, everyone!

Today I will show you how to make one of the BEST CMDs ever.

Please rate this Instructable, by the way!

STEP 1: Materials

Here's what you need:

     • Computer
     • Text editor (Can be simple, I'm using Notepad for Windows)
     • You
     • Keyboard (Optional, see step 2)
     • Mouse (Optional, see step 2)
     • Hand(s)

If you have most of the above, (must include computer, keyboard/mouse and hand[s]) then you can click Next Step

STEP 2: The Code

Ok. Here's the code (copy between the stars) then I will explain:

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@echo off
cls
title Command Prompt - by account3r2
ver
echo (C) Copyright Microsoft Corp.
echo.
:cmd
set /p "cmd=%cd%>"
%cmd%
echo.
goto cmd

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Yes, about step 1... You can use the mouse to copy, paste and save the file. Or you can just use the keyboard, using MouseKeys or shift-select then CTRL-C and CTRL-V.

STEP 3: The Explanation

@echo off ----- This tells the computer not to display commands unless it is told to do so.

cls ----- This clears any text on the screen.


title Command Prompt - by account3r2 ----- Displays the text after "title" on the title bar.


ver ----- Displays the version of Windows you are running.


echo (C) Copyright Microsoft Corp. ----- Echo displays text, The rest just says the Microsoft has copyright.


echo. ----- Echo with a period after it skips a line, like pressing enter twice does.


:cmd ----- Sets a point to access called "cmd".


set /p "cmd=%cd%>" ----- Makes a line you can type on, then saves what you typed tempararily into "cmd".


%cmd% ----- Does the command you typed.


echo. ----- Still skips a line.


goto cmd ----- Goes to the access point set called "cmd"

STEP 4: Saving the File

Now we will save the file.

First, press file. (OR Alt+F)
Next, press Save or Save As... (OR S) (OR Just Press CTRL+S at #1)
Then, Type a name like "whatever.bat" or "CMDPRMPT.bat" but whatever it is put .bat at the end (you can use on screen keyboard for this)
After that, press save.

STEP 5: Running the Program

Next you run the program by double clicking it or by selecting it and pressing enter.
It should look like the picture below.

STEP 6: Suggestions? Updates?

If anyone has any suggestions or updates for this program, please leave a comment below. Feel free to leave any comments for anything else, and again, please rate this! Thanks!

Comments

[Artgirl200]

Hi there,
Real beginner here, can you tell me how to make a script that just pastes text, so I dont have to write the same thing over and over again? Thanks
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[lemonie]

There isn't anything like enough in this to be worth posting. Stuff like this is all over the internet anyway - what can you write that's something new / different / clever?

L

[kodybrown]

Using this code enables you to make changes to your prompt that you wouldn't otherwise be able to. For instance:

@echo off

:main

cls

title Command Prompt - by account3r2

echo Command Prompt - by account3r2

ver

echo (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

prompt=$P$G

:cmd

set /p "cmd=%cd:\=/%>"

call %cmd%

goto :cmd

[unknownvan]

this is literally the most simple program you could possibly make. It's literally just command prompt, which is accessible through the windows search bar.

[account3r2]

Like maybe... How to make a program that makes one of the EASIEST to make and the BEST CMDs ever? And I could post the program on this 'Ible?

[lemonie]

Well yeah, the site's for stuff we don't know already - sharing stuff we've learned etc.

L

[PrashantS63]

HOW GET NEAREST IP ADDRESSES

[unknownvan]

if you are talking about other network connection ip addresses, then you would need to be logged in to the network to find it to begin with. There is no way, with windows command prompt commmands, to trace an ip address you are not/have not connected to.Otherwise

[ProG11]

how can i make my OWN commands and only run my OWN commands (not windows commands)?

[unknownvan]

There isn't a way to do this unless if your commands are based on already existing windows commands. If you want to "make" your own command (based on windows commands programming), you can type the commands you want into notepad, save it as a .bat/.cmd program (named with whatever command name you want), then, using the windows command "call", you can call a cmd file and run that code on it. That way you can kind of "simulate" using your own commands. That's the closest you can get. Example for the call command: "call c.bat". You don't need file locations if the program is in the same file location, otherwise it could be something like "call C:\users\%username%\desktop\c.bat"

[Mr.C27]

Can you make it so the .bat file runs as administrator I am using school computers and ur the bets its Just I try to change the admin password and it says acess denied error code 5

[unknownvan]

To run a program with administrator access, you require to be logged into the admin account on the computer. School accounts are "guest" accounts, with no access to changing certain files or running administrator programs. If you're at home, just right click, run as administrator. But you don't need it it it's a home computer. It's just normal command prompt. Go to your windows search bar and type cmd or command prompt. Also, most school computers dont block it.

[HYBR1Dx2]

so. I try to put " prompt _: " in and it does not work ;-; FICKS ITTTTTTT

[HYBR1Dx2]

nvm. Just had to change cmd=(stuff) to cmd=_:

[PrashantS63]

PLs Tell Me How Get Some One Nearest IP Addresses

[CmdHtmlProVbs]

If you want a net work ip just do followings:

1. net view (You will see every person on your network)

2. tracert NAME (You'll see the person(s) pc name in net view)

3. Lookup the ip who you traced in your network simple :D

[Prof. Pickle]

Some custom commands would be nice...

[account3r2]

Can't believe how long it's been since I wrote this. And how ignorant I was...lol... I have written (and lost, unfortunately) a nice batch "operating system" which had custom commands and nice features in addition to a command line. It had a nice ASCII "GUI" even though of course it was a TUI.

[Prof. Pickle]

That's why it's always a bad idea to look back at your work *shudder*.

[asharma97]

i want to make a cmd application with the following commad:
"arp -d"
and i want to set a time after which it automatically starts at regular interval at background
can you tell me the coding for this