Windows command line

The Windows command line (or DOS command-line) on Microsoft Windows also has commands you can type at a prompt.

Getting started

For some exercises in this section, I have downloaded the Works of Shakespeare to the C drive.
You might like to do that too, so you can try the same exercises.
Get the ZIP
Extract all
Save to C:\shakespeare
In command line:
```
 cd \shakespeare 
```

File wildcards work. Go into "richardii" and try:
```
find "Ireland" *.html
```
Lists all files plus matches. Lists files even if they have no matches.
Some directory wildcards work.
From the home Shakespeare directory:
```
cd macb*
```
Some directory wildcards don't work.
From the home Shakespeare directory, this works:
```
find "Ireland" richardii\*.html
```
but this does not work:
```
find "Ireland" *\*.html
```
You can get around this by writing a batch file with a FOR loop.

Change prompt:
- prompt
- prompt $v$s$g$s
- default is probably: prompt $p$g$s
Change colour:
- color
- color f0 (black on white)