Copy/Paste in a DOS Prompt window

[confus-ed]

Since there's no attatchments here (despite what it says) this should be most useful for folks

Copy/Paste in a DOS Prompt window for xp

For w2k I think these are right

Copy and paste in a DOS window

You can use cut and paste functions between the Command Prompt and Notepad (or any other text editor).

First, you have to make sure you're in QuickEdit mode. Open Control Panel, Console and check the QuickEdit Mode box.

Now in any Command Prompt window.

With your left-mouse button, select a line of text, now right-click anywhere in the Command Prompt window to COPY. (in NT 4 there is no popup menu; a right click anywhere will COPY)

This saves the selected text to Clipboard.

Now right-click again anywhere in the Command Prompt window to PASTE the text to the command line.

If nothing is selected a right-click will always PASTE.

When you select text in a DOS window with the Left mouse button, the window is in SELECT MODE - press ESC to return to editing mode.

The Quickedit modebox can be found thus definately anyway, then I'm fairly sure it works -no w2k box to confirm this - if someone would be so kind ?

[Jeff the Brit]

It works as advertised ... might be useful sometime !

[confus-ed]

It works as advertised ... might be useful sometime !

Thats for w2k I pressume ? I'd tested those instructions in xp already .. many times

[GreenGrime]

More XP Command Line Tricks


When started a command prompt(cmd), then one can use the following function keys :

• F1 : Repeats the letters of the last command line, one by one
• F2 : Displays a dialog asking user to "enter the char to copy up to" of the last command line
• F3 : Repeats the last command line (Similar to DOSKEY)
• F4 : Displays a dialog asking user to "enter the char to delete up to" of the last command line
• F5 : Goes back one command line
• F6 : Enters the traditional CTRL+Z (^z) (End-Of-File)
• F7 : Displays a menu with the command line history (Similar to DOSKEY)
• F8 : Cycles back through previous command lines (beginning with most recent). If first typing the beginning letters of a command, then it will cycle through the previous commands matching that prefix when pressing F8.
• F9 : Displays a dialog asking user to enter a command number, where 0 is for first command line entered

MS Command Line Referrence

A few of thee, like DRIVERQUERY, GETMAC and PATHPING have become so useful they have replaced other utilities which did similar functions for me.

[+Daemon+]

nicem I use this all the time in linux, its ice to have it in windows when im in it

[emr]

Lovely, I did know how to do this at one point in my tech life but of course forgot.

I seem to remember there was a command to bring you back to root instead of having to cd.. twenty times.

Make any sense?

emr

[GreenGrime]

Lovely, I did know how to do this at one point in my tech life but of course forgot.

I seem to remember there was a command to bring you back to root instead of having to cd.. twenty times.

Make any sense?

emr

cd\

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...us/ntcmds.mspx

[futuretech]

This can be done with the mouse as well in the regular dos window.

Click top right corner of command prompt window border
select edit then select mark click on the start of the line you want to copy and drag the mouse over and down to the end of what you want to copy.
Then click again in the top right select edit and copy.
Then you can paste it wherever you want.
The same works for paste.