[Windows] TCC/LE—an alternative to Command Prompt
I'm trying out a free cmd.exe alternative called TCC/LE. It's basically the same thing as cmd.exe, with some nifty extras:
- Highlight text using Shift with the arrow keys/Ctrl/Home/End. Double-click to highlight a word. Typing will replace the highlighted text.
- Ctrl-Y copies highlighted text to the clipboard; Ctrl-V pastes.
- PgUp shows a popup window with your command history. To do a partial search, enter a few characters before pressing PgUp. You can also press ↑ to cycle through previous commands (partial-search works here too).
- If you're in the middle of typing something, but need to run another command first, Ctrl-K saves what you've typed so far to your command history. Run the other command, then press ↑ twice to retrieve the first command.
- F1 shows help for the first word (Ctrl-F1 for the current word)
- To scroll the window, use Alt with ↑/↓/PgUp/PgDn/Home/End/
- Ctrl-Tab shows a popup window for filename completion. Use Tab/Shift-Tab (or F9/F8) to cycle back and forth through filename completion. F12 repeats the completed filename; F10 adds the next completed filename.
- F3 copies the previous command, starting at the current cursor position
- Commands can be aliased to function keys (e.g., you can assign Shift-F5 to dir /w)
- F6 (or Ctrl-PgUp) shows the Directory History window (see screenshot above).
- You can assign colors to file extensions shown by the dir command. Type option to access this and other preferences.
- tee sends standard input to both standard output and a file
- y sends standard input and a file to standard output
- log stores your commands in a file
- memory shows memory statistics
- tasklist shows a list of running tasks
- dirs displays the current directory stack. Useful in conjunction with Scott Hanselman's pushd/popd-prompt.
- Ctrl-0, Ctrl-1, Ctrl-2, …, Ctrl-9 will copy the nth item from the previous command line
- beep plays a beep. Try: beep asterisk, beep exclamation, beep hand, beep question, beep ok, beep 440 4 600 2 1040 6
Also see CodingHorror's article on Windows Command Prompt customization.
2 Comments:
It's called "bash" and it will save your life ...
By Thomas David Baker, at 5/22/2009 3:08 a.m.
Heh—does bash have a beep command though?
By Jonathan, at 5/22/2009 10:54 p.m.
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