File:Command_prompt_icon_(windows).png · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Command Prompt
Sign in to saveAlso known as Windows Command Prompt, Windows Command Processor, cmd, Command Processor, CMD.EXE, cmd.exe
', also known as Command Prompt or Windows Command Processor, is a shell program on later versions of Windows (NT and CE families), OS/2, eComStation, ArcaOS, and ReactOS. In some versions of Windows (CE .NET 4.2, CE 5.0 and Embedded CE 6.0) it is referred to as the Command Processor Shell'. Implementation differs between operating systems, but with significant consistency of behavior and available commands.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 512 inbound references to Command Prompt, and connects out to list of DOS commands, features new to Windows XP and command-line interface.
It sits within the topics Command shells, OS/2 commands and OS/2 command shells.
Vinony links it to 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Software.name
- Command Prompt ()
- Software.logo
- Command prompt icon (windows).png
- Software.logo_size
- 48px
- Software.screenshot_size
- 100px
- Software.caption
- Command Prompt in Windows 11
- Software.developer
- Microsoft, IBM, ReactOS contributors
- Software.other_names
- Windows Command Processor
- Software.replaces
- COMMAND.COM
- Software.platform
- IA-32, x86-64, ARM (and historically DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC, and Itanium)
- Software.genre
- Command-line interpreter
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Cmdexe.svg
Show 1 more fact
- Commons category
- Windows Command Prompt
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~7 min read
Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Use
- Desktop integration
- Concurrent piping
- Command separator
- Command line limit
- Escaping special characters
- Internal commands
- OS/2
- Windows NT family
- Windows CE
- ReactOS
- Comparison with COMMAND.COM
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
', also known as Command Prompt or Windows Command Processor, is a shell program on later versions of Windows (NT and CE families), OS/2, eComStation, ArcaOS, and ReactOS. In some versions of Windows (CE .NET 4.2, CE 5.0 and Embedded CE 6.0) it is referred to as the Command Processor Shell'. Implementation differs between operating systems, but with significant consistency of behavior and available commands.
Older, related operating systems, DOS and Windows 9x, provided as the shell. replaced in the Windows product line with the introduction of NT. Current versions of Windows include PowerShell as an alternative shell that runs side-by-side with .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Command Prompt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.