Master Windows Command Prompt: Essential Commands for Power Users 🔧

In this video, you'll learn the essential Windows command prompt commands every developer and power user should know. We'll start with the basics of opening the command prompt and dive into practical commands that can boost your productivity. If you're a Mac or Linux user, don't worry—some of these commands work across platforms. By the end of this video, you'll be navigating your terminal like a pro! --------------- 💬 Did you like this video? Let us know in the comments below! ✅ Click here to subscribe to Skill Foundry now! https://www.youtube.com/@SkillFoundryIO?sub_confirmation=1 👩‍💻 Join Our Coding Community on Discord! Connect with peers, talk about tech, and share your learning journey. Join here: https://discord.gg/skillfoundry. 📍 Like the Channel? Sign up for the Newsletter! https://newsletter.skillfoundry.io/ 💥 Learn to Code the Right Way! Our full-stack C# developer pathway provides over 700 learner hours of effort and rigor with over 80 practice projects, 150 lessons, and over a dozen capstone projects that challenge you to design and build applications from scratch. https://www.skillfoundry.io/ 📬 Contact us anytime! hello@skillfoundry.io --------------- Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Skill Foundry! With over 20 years of professional experience, Eric and the team deliver unbiased information and advice to beginners and early career developer professionals. Learn to code the right way! We believe that highly technical skills are learned best with a combination of real subject matter experts, learning science professionals, well written curriculum and projects, compassionate mentorship, and an enthusiastic community. Our team has crafted and delivered technical training for over a decade, creating curriculums for Fortune 500 companies, universities, and coding bootcamps across the globe. This rigorous curriculum is now available direct to individuals for the first time. So, hit the subscribe button and turn on the notification bell so you won't miss any new videos! 🔔 --------------- #SkillFoundry #commandprompt #programmingtutorial # --------------- Table of Contents 0:00 Introduction 0:11 Why Learn Command Prompt Commands? 0:25 Opening the Command Prompt 0:57 Navigating Directories 1:45 Viewing Folder Contents with dir 2:30 Creating and Removing Folders 3:15 Copying and Moving Files 4:00 Using cls to Clear the Screen 4:20 Checking Network Connectivity with ping 5:05 Accessing System Information 5:45 Advanced Tips for Developers 6:30 Cross-Platform Compatibility Insights 7:15 Creating Batch Files 7:50 Editing Files with notepad 8:30 Setting Environment Variables 9:10 Automating Tasks with tasklist and taskkill 9:55 Troubleshooting with chkdsk 10:40 Managing Services with sc 11:15 Using shutdown for System Control 12:00 Scheduling Tasks with schtasks 12:45 File Compression with compact 13:30 Disk Usage Insights with diskpart 14:15 Networking Utilities Overview 15:00 Understanding File Permissions 15:45 Using Wildcards for File Operations 16:30 Exploring Hidden Directories 17:15 Customizing the Command Prompt Interface 18:00 Advanced Debugging with fc and findstr 18:45 Practical Scripts for Everyday Tasks 19:30 Final Productivity Tips 20:00 Conclusion and Next Steps