good alternative to cmd.exe

[hookahmasta]

Hey, I just moved over to a new company where it's all Windows. At my old place, I used Putty to SSH in my Linux boxes, then go wild with the command line. I find myself using the command line in Windows XP Pro a lot, but I find the cmd.exe shell to be highly unsatisfactory (can't resize, can't cut and paste, etc...). Does anyone have found a good shell program w/in Windows that works well?

 

[Beowulf005]

If you right click in cmd.exe you will find options to change the font/size and to select text to cut/paste.

When frustrated remember, in the computer world there is almost always a backdoor.

 

[Diancecht]

You can cut and paste with cmd (Right button > Mark and the enter to copy).

And you can resize the window modifying its properties.

cmd is ok for me, so I don't know of any other applications. Maybe TotalCommander can offer what you're lookinf for

Cheers,
Dian

 

[LWComputingMVP]

You need to review the properties of the cmd window - you can cut and paste ALMOST as easily as a GUI app if you make the correct settings and you can adjust the rows and cols as well as the screen buffer.

If you want to try something different and in theory MUCH more powerful, you could go get Windows PowerShell -

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx

 

[xwb]

Right click to get properties. Options tab. Select QuickEdit. This will enable the right mouse click to copy and paste.

You can also get the cygwin download which will give you a bash terminal and go wild with unix commands.