Build a Toolkit with Advanced Windows Commands

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In this Guided Project, you will:

Learn about advanced Windows commands

Write script with the batch scripting language

Combining commands and batch scripts to create powerful utilities

1.5 hours
Intermediate
No download needed
Split-screen video
English
Desktop only

In this 1.5 hour guide project, you will learn some advanced Windows commands as well as how to create and combine batch scripts to create powerful utilities for the Windows environment. At the end of this project, you will be armed with the knowledge you need to create your own batch script and expand the toolkit we created in this project. Topics covered include: Pipes, streams, robust copy, file attributes, file existence check, incremental backup, batch scripts, variables, string extraction, conditionals, loops, and timer. Must have knowledge of basic Windows commands, such as change directory, list directory, moving and copying files.

Skills you will develop

  • Windows

  • batch

  • Script

  • Command-Line Interface

  • programming to

Learn step-by-step

In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:

  1. Task 1: Introduction, preview and warm up

  2. Task 2: Test drive robust copy

  3. Task 3: Start a batch script and create the date and time target filename

  4. Optional: After Task 3 Assessment

  5. Task 4: Use the target filename for robocopy and access command line arguments

  6. Task 5: Finish with a master time loop and compress the archives

  7. Optional: After Task 5: Practice

  8. Optional: Cumulative Challenge

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