Windows Command Prompt Basics (4 hour class)

1)     Overview of Command Prompt

a)     Function

i)        Why do we need this?

ii)      When would I use it?

b)     Starting

i)        Command Prompt Icon

ii)      CMD.Exe from Run

c)      Closing

i)        Exit

ii)      X

d)     Layout

e)     Basic Command layout

f)        Prompt

g)     File/Disk structure

i)        Drive/Directory/File

ii)      Path

h)      Change title/color

2)     Commands

a)     Types of Commands – General overview

i)        Informational

ii)      Utility

iii)    Functional

iv)    Network

v)      Batch only

(1)   What is a batch file

(2)   Batch control commands

b)     Informational Commands

i)        Help

ii)      ?

iii)    Ver

iv)    Vol

v)      Date

vi)    Time

vii)  Dir

viii)Tree

c)      Utility

i)        Format Command

ii)      MD

iii)    RD

iv)    CD

v)      Copy

vi)    Delete

vii)  Move

viii)Rename

d)     Functional

i)        CHKDSK

ii)      Attrib

iii)    CLS

iv)    Type

v)      More