Command line shortcut

[Guest yaro137@googlemail.com]

I've seen someone navigation through folders using command line the

way so it was finishing the names of folders. Say you type in "prog"

and you getting "program files". Must be som key combination. Any idea

how to do that?

yaro

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Command line shortcut

 

 

<yaro137@googlemail.com> wrote in message

news:39db6539-7046-4839-b8ba-f9f0dd1fb33a@c60g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

> I've seen someone navigation through folders using command line the

> way so it was finishing the names of folders. Say you type in "prog"

> and you getting "program files". Must be som key combination. Any idea

> how to do that?

> yaro

 

That person probably typed the command "cd \prog", then pressed the Tab key.

[Guest Kayman]

Re: Command line shortcut

 

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:06:46 -0700 (PDT), yaro137@googlemail.com wrote:

> I've seen someone navigation through folders using command line the

> way so it was finishing the names of folders. Say you type in "prog"

> and you getting "program files". Must be som key combination. Any idea

> how to do that?

 

Command-line reference A-Z

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx

 

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds_o.mspx?mfr=true

 

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[Guest 3c273]

Re: Command line shortcut

 

Try the Tab key.

Louis

<yaro137@googlemail.com> wrote in message

news:39db6539-7046-4839-b8ba-f9f0dd1fb33a@c60g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

> I've seen someone navigation through folders using command line the

> way so it was finishing the names of folders. Say you type in "prog"

> and you getting "program files". Must be som key combination. Any idea

> how to do that?

> yaro

[Guest Twayne]

Re: Command line shortcut

 

> I've seen someone navigation through folders using command line the

> way so it was finishing the names of folders. Say you type in "prog"

> and you getting "program files". Must be som key combination. Any idea

> how to do that?

> yaro

 

They are using the history features. There are two basic ways:

 

The F keys starting with F2 will bring back past commands, parts of

commands, or commands up to a certain letter, etc..

 

The up and down arrows will lead you through the last commands you

issued sequentially. Up arrow once is the last command, up arrow again

to the next to last, and so forth, until you get to the very first

command you entered.

 

Very useful features IMO. Some like the F keys, a leftover from DOS

days, and some prefer the arrow keys more, which used to be an addon

program.

 

Cheers,

 

Twayne