On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:26:21 -0500, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:

> Hm... Google for "cmd.exe built-in commands", follow the second link
> (this time this is actually a Microsoft link) to the Microsoft page for
> the "Cmd" command and scroll to the bottom. 

Nobody's mentioned 'help' yet.  That lists the available commands, and then
you can type something like 'help for' to drill down into specific command
details.  The 'for' comments are quite verbose IIRC (I'm not on a Windows
box at the moment so cannot verify this, but I'm pretty certain).  I'm also
pretty certain the 'help' command has been around for a fair while too - I
remember using it in DOS 5, 6 and 6.22.

But I agree - IMHO, MS command interfaces have never been terribly good
compared to other alternatives, especially the plethora of available ones
in the *nix world.

Regards,

Pete Restall
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