{"id":13104,"date":"2024-05-03T08:41:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T08:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/?p=13104"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:02:11","slug":"windows-cmd-commands-cheat-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/windows-cmd-commands-cheat-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows CMD Commands Cheat Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-sourcepos=\"5:1-5:48\">Windows Command Prompt (CMD) offers a variety of powerful tools. Since it&#8217;s easy to forget commands, creating a cheat sheet is a great way to stay on top.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"7:1-7:35\">This list provides a starting point with some of the most common CMD commands. Feel free to customize it by adding the commands you use most often!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>System Information<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>DATE &#8211; Outputs or sets the current date<\/li>\n<li>TIME &#8211; Displays or sets the system time<\/li>\n<li>DRIVERQUERY &#8211; Search the current state and properties of the device driver<\/li>\n<li>HOSTNAME &#8211; Search the name of the computer<\/li>\n<li>SYSTEMINFO &#8211; Shows configuration information about your computer<\/li>\n<li>VER &#8211; Allows you to view the Windows version<\/li>\n<li>GPRESULT \u2013 Search current applied group policies (RSoP)<\/li>\n<li>GPUPDATE \u2013 Updates group policies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Network<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>IPCONFIG &#8211; Shows information about network interfaces<\/li>\n<li>PING \u2013 Sends ICMP requests to the target host, checks host availability<\/li>\n<li>TRACERT &#8211; Finds the path for packets traveling over the network<\/li>\n<li>NSLOOKUP &#8211; Search IP address by resource name<\/li>\n<li>ROUTE &#8211; Show network route tables<\/li>\n<li>ARP- Shows a table with IP addresses converted into physical addresses<\/li>\n<li>NETSH \u2013 Starts is a network settings control program<\/li>\n<li>GETMAC &#8211; Shows the MAC address of the network adapter<\/li>\n<li>TFTP \u2013 Starts TFTP client in the console<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Command Line Setup<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>CLS &#8211; Clears screen<\/li>\n<li>CMD &#8211; Displays another command prompt<\/li>\n<li>COLOR &#8211; Sets the text and background color<\/li>\n<li>PROMPT &#8211; Change the command line prompt<\/li>\n<li>TITLE &#8211; Assigns a title for the current session<\/li>\n<li>HELP \u2013 Launches CMD help<\/li>\n<li>EXIT &#8211; Exits the command line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows Command Prompt (CMD) offers a variety of powerful tools. 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