
Do you spend any time at the command prompt? *nix users need no urging to use it. But Windows users sometimes lose time at the command prompt because they don’t know shortcuts. Here are a few related ones to help shave time. Do you have a long folder name? Try using the wildcard to autofinish. For example, let’s say you have a folder named SeldomUsedFolderName. Instead of typing “cd SeldomUsedFolderName,” you could type “cd Seldo*” and it will autocomplete that attempt. This will work, unless you have another folder name in the current directory that is too similar, like SeldomUsedDirectoryName. You can also use to change to multiple folder paths. For example, let’s say you are at the C: prompt. And now you want to navigate to C:\SeldomUsedFolderName\HomeDirectory\SickofTyping, by typing “cd Sel*\Home*\Sick*.”
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