Cmd.exe

Command Prompt (cmd.exe)
Other namesWindows Command Processor
Developer(s)Microsoft, IBM, ReactOS contributors
Initial releaseDecember 1987 (1987-12)
Operating system
PlatformIA-32, x86-64, ARM (and historically DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC, and Itanium)
PredecessorCOMMAND.COM
TypeCommand-line interpreter

Command Prompt, also known as cmd.exe or cmd, is the default command-line interpreter for the OS/2,[1] eComStation, ArcaOS, Microsoft Windows (Windows NT family and Windows CE family), and ReactOS[2] operating systems. On Windows CE .NET 4.2,[3] Windows CE 5.0[4] and Windows Embedded CE 6.0[5] it is referred to as the Command Processor Shell. Its implementations differ between operating systems, but the behavior and basic set of commands are consistent. cmd.exe is the counterpart of COMMAND.COM in DOS and Windows 9x systems, and analogous to the Unix shells used on Unix-like systems. The initial version of cmd.exe for Windows NT was developed by Therese Stowell.[6] Windows CE 2.11 was the first embedded Windows release to support a console and a Windows CE version of cmd.exe.[7] The ReactOS implementation of cmd.exe is derived from FreeCOM, the FreeDOS command line interpreter.[2]

  1. ^ "Notes on using the default OS/2 command processor (CMD.EXE)". www.tavi.co.uk.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ReactOS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Command Processor Shell (Windows CE .NET 4.2)". Microsoft Docs. June 30, 2006. Archived from the original on August 31, 2022.
  4. ^ "Command Processor Shell (Windows CE 5.0)". Microsoft Docs. September 14, 2012. Archived from the original on August 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "Command Processor Shell (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)". Microsoft Docs. 2012. Archived from the original on September 5, 2022.
  6. ^ Zachary, G. Pascal (1994). Showstopper! The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft. The Free Press. ISBN 0-02-935671-7.
  7. ^ Douglas McConnaughey Boling (2001). Programming Microsoft Windows CE (2nd ed.). Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-0735614437.

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