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  • jmet
    Super Moderator
    • Nov 2002
    • 8697

    The Return of the C:\ Prompt?

    Microsoft has big plans for the trusty old C:\ prompt. For its upcoming Windows Vista operating system, the company is developing a new command-line interface, or shell--the text-based controls typically accessed by clicking Command Prompt (under Start Menu, Programs, Accessories) in Windows XP.

    Code-named Monad, the new shell will enable a host of new programs known as scripts--something at which rival Unix operating systems have historically excelled. While these new commands and scripts will interest primarily administrators and power users, less-technical types may benefit from Monad scripts that could circulate on the Internet as Unix scripts do. For example, a Monad script might quickly reorganize files and directories based on their name or creation date--a task that can take a fair bit of manual labor in Windows Explorer. Credit: PC World
  • RTaylor
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    Junior Member
    • Jan 2006
    • 2

    #2
    It rocks quite nicely too...




    You can even do an ls in it.

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    • techreactor
      Banned
      • Jul 2005
      • 1309

      #3
      Good, I am already used to the command prompt, batch and scripts and use it whereever I can, its much faster.

      I look forward to it.

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      • drfsupercenter
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        • Oct 2005
        • 4424

        #4
        You can do a command prompt in Windows XP as well, the same way. I am not good with those, so the new one is probably different. Just thought that I'd point that out.
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        • RTaylor
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          Junior Member
          • Jan 2006
          • 2

          #5
          It's not exactly the same. :} For one thing... this one's being actively developed. There's not a huge amount of functionality without additional programs in the old shell. ...gnu utilities, list, bmp2avi, dta, etc... Though I don't think the video capabilities are there you could add them with msencoder, avisynth, the aforementioned utilities, etc... The new shell would let you use them a little more efficiently as well.

          MSH is focused at the scripting side of things. A lot of the commands are specifically geared to that. You get a lot more control and a lot more capability. You could get some real interactivity going with this one.

          Last edited by RTaylor; 4 Jan 2006, 09:34 AM.

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