An operating system that is directed by entering text commands. DOS is an example of a widely used command line operating system. See DOS and command line. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

The command line is a very powerful tool, but with these utilities, it can be even more useful to you on Windows 11.

Remember that one command that solved your problem? Was it cat, less, more, wc or something else? When we’re at the terminal, we can issue dozens of commands to solve a problem and in the background ...

Editor’s note: After this article was published, Microsoft issued a statement clarifying that cmd.exe will not be going away after all. Read Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols’ follow-up column. My very first ...

Windows, Microsoft, and third-party software makers supply numerous useful tools for the command line — but these are not always easy to use. Graphical user interfaces (GUI), on the other hand, ...