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How do I turn on tab auto-completion on the command prompt in windows?

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Close down any open command prompt windows. You can do this by typing "exit" and pressing enter, or clicking the [X] at the top right of the window. Click on the following link and choose "Open" or "Run" to turn on tab auto-completion in your roaming profile's registry: http://studenthelp.itee.uq.edu.au/faq/cmd_autocomplete.reg Now you can use the tab key in the command prompt to auto-complete files and directories. Just start typing the name of the directory (ie: "C:\Docu") and press tab.
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How do I install Windows XP in DOS mode [or from MS-DOS command prompt]?

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First, start up SmartDrive to speed things up. Next, run WINNT from the I386 folder. Setup should launch, warn you if you don't have SmartDrive loaded, copy the cd to a temporarily to your hard disk and reboot your computer. A more detailed guide.
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What is a command prompt and how do I get one?

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The command prompt is a text based application that provides direct interaction with the Unix system. It is similar in context to MSDOS or the Command Prompt window you can bring up on Windows systems. A listing of basic commands with documentation is available at http://www.math.duke.edu/computing/intro.html#BASIC. In general, most things can be done through the graphical user interface. But sometimes we will ask you, or it may be quicker and easier, to use the command prompt.
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Can I run SIB Explorer without a command prompt in Windows?

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The env script in Windows has an extra option at the bottom called USE_JAVAW. If you "uncomment" this line by removing the "rem" statement, the javaw.exe program will be used to launch the SIB Explorer. This means that the script will return immediately, leaving the SIB Explorer still running. This action can be useful if you wish to run the SIB Explorer directly from, for example, a Windows shortcut and don't want a command prompt also running. Before the sibexplorer.
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How do I create a directory in a command prompt/DOS window or through the Windows Explorer?

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To create a directory in a command prompt/DOS window you will first need to open a DOS window (described above). Once you have done this you need to navigate to the directory that you wish to place the new directory in (described above). Once you have gotten this far you simply type the following "md [NEW DIRECTORY NAME]" where you specify the name of the directory you would like to create by replacing the "[NEW DIRECTORY NAME]" in the preceding string with the name you want.
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What's Windows XP's MS-DOS command prompt?

English Windows FAQs 2003
XP, Windows 2000, and Windows NT don't contain DOS, although XP can create DOS-bootable disks. All three OSs support the cmd.exe command shell, which lets you run NT-equivalent DOS commands. In XP, go to Start, Programs, Accessories or click Start, Run, then type to start the command shell. For earlier application support, you might want to try the command.com shell, which is more compatible with MS-DOS than cmd.exe is. In XP, click Start, Run, then type to start the command.com shell. Command.
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Your program doesn't affect the command prompt windows. Is it a bug or I configured something wrong?

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Neither former nor latter. Till version 5.0, our software had no support for the command prompt windows in Windows® 2000/XP/2003/Vista because since Windows® 2000 an operating system itself processes this kind of windows very differently and separately than "normal" windows; for example, such windows even don't fit XP visual styles. Finally, we have added the support of command prompt (a.k.a. console/CMD/DOS) windows but currently it has beta status.
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Can I modify colors and fonts for Command Prompt without regedit?

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Right-click the title bar of an open command window and click Properties. Set the colors, font, window size, etc. When you Save, you'll be asked whether it applies only to this window or all windows opened using the same shortcut.
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I entered a command and now I don't get a response or a prompt, why?

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Some commands expect more input from the keyboard, but don't necessarily provide prompts to the user. You can type <Ctrl>-D to send an end of file, which will normally end the program, or if that does not work, type <Ctrl>-C which will abort the program. You probably inadvertently typed <Ctrl>-Z, which is the Unix signal to put a program in "background". Type fg to bring the program into the foreground, and continue.
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How do I print a file from the command prompt?

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The math department printers accept jobs that are either Postscript or Text. If you have another type of file that you would like to print you will need to convert it or print it with an application that will convert it for you. To print a PS or Text file use the following commands: # lpr -P substitute with the name of the printer you want to print to and with the name of the file you want to print.
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Can ControlTier prompt during a command?

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ControlTier has built in support for prompting from inside commands. If a user is prompted while using the shell interface, a message is written to stdout and the response read from stdin. If a user is running the graphical console, a dialog is raised. ControlTier has a unique network-savvy prompting task that should be used by commands that are executing commands in remote modules.
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How do I turn off spelling correction/globbing for a single command?

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In the first case, you presumably have setopt correctall in an initialisation file, so that zsh checks the spelling of each word in the command line. You probably do not want this behaviour for commands which do not operate on existing files. The answer is to alias the offending command to itself with nocorrect stuck on the front, e.g.
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What does TAB completion do?

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R 2.5.0 introduced TAB completion in both Rgui and Rterm. Hitting TAB whilst entering a command line completes the current 'word' as far as is unambiguously possible. Hitting TAB a second time then shows a list of possible completions (or the first few if there are many): the user can then enter one or more characters and hit TAB again. What is it 'completing'? There are two modes: within an unterminated (single- or double-) quoted expression it completes file paths.
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How can I play audio from the NeuPLAYER command prompt?

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The player by default searches all supported media that is currently in its KnowledgeBase (which is automatically updated when files are copied, moved, renamed, etc. by NeuMONITOR). When keywords are typed into the NeuPLAYER command prompt, it will search for media files that fit the criteria for the keywords.
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How can I kill my bot from the Unix command prompt?

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Simpliest way: kill -9 'cat pid.Botname' Note the use of backquotes. Change the "Botname" to the name of your bot. If this do not work, telling you "no such process", go ahead: Use the 'ps' utility to find running processes. The syntax differs from Unix to Unix, you can try these, until you find one that works: ps -axu | grep yourusername ps -Af | grep yourusername ps -ef | grep yourusername This will show all your processes that are running. Find your eggdrop and locate the process number.
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How can I print to a USB printer from the command prompt?

English Windows FAQs 2003
You typically print to a parallel-port printer by copying a file to the lpt1: device. Because USB devices don't connect through an LPT device, you can't take the same approach to print to a USB printer from the command prompt. However, you have several options that will work. If a network adapter is connected to your network, you can share the printer with another machine on the network and map the printer to LPT2 or LPT3. For example, shares the printer on LPT2.
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How can I get python for darwin (command prompt for MacOSX)?

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You can either download the Python source code (from www.python.org) and compile it yourself or you download the file python2.1_macosx.tgz from http://tony.lownds.com/macosx/. If you download the pre-built binary, make sure to follow the install instructions before trying to run FinishInstall.py
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Can Windows Me boot to a DOS prompt?

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No. Windows Me doesn't include Real Mode DOS, so it's impossible to boot the system into DOS mode or reboot the system into DOS mode. You can, however, use a Windows Me boot disk to boot into a command prompt.
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You often say, "At a commmand prompt" or "type the command". How do I get to this command prompt?

The chances are that if you're asking this question, you're relatively inexperienced and have, during installation, accepted the distro's defaults. So, I'm going to assume that you're booting into a graphical login and are using either Gnome or KDE. Both of these desktops have an icon (a small picture) on the taskbar (that bar at the bottom of the screen) that looks a bit like a computer monitor. Clicking on that will open up what is called a terminal window.
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What is the difference between COMMAND and CMD DOS Virtual Machine in Windows XP?

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Posted in Bootstrike Forums by wmccain] Windows XP includes TWO command-line processors, CMD.EXE and COMMAND.COM. The second one, COMMAND.COM, is a stripped-down version of the command processor from DOS. The Windows XP version of COMMAND.COM is severely restricted in its capabilities (lacks long filename support and many other features familiar from Windows 98SE), so it is all-but-unusable. Furthermore, it turns out that there are TWO ways to run CMD.
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How do I get at the command line in Windows XP while still in Windows?

The Broadband Reports Windows XP FAQ - dslreports.com
Note that "command" doesn't support long file names. It displays files and folders in 8.3 format. "cmd" has full long file name support.
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Should I turn on Windows Firewall on all computers on my home network?

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Yes. If you have multiple network connections on any of your computers, you should turn on the firewall for each connection. If you're running Windows XP SP2, Windows Firewall is turned on automatically and it should not interfere with common tasks like file and print sharing. If you're not running Windows XP Service Pack 2, Internet Connection Firewall can interfere with file and print sharing and prevent your computer from finding other network devices.
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If there is a problem, can you turn my system off from the Command Center?

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No. Your system is an independent unit and can only be turned off at your control touchpad. Alternatively, you can dial into your system and remotely turn it off. Back to Top
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How do I run a complex command that I can type at a shell (command) prompt via STAF?

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The PROCESS service has a SHELL parameter which specifies that COMMAND should be executed as though you were at a shell prompt. This allows complex commands involving pipelines to be readily executed. Note, if COMMAND and PARMS are both specified they will be concatenated with a space between them, and the resulting string is what will be executed. Unix Command Line Example: STAF local PROCESS START SHELL COMMAND "ps | grep test | wc >testcount.txt"
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Hi does the mapView have turn by turn voice prompt capabilities for drivers?

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First this is a great piece of work! Thanks. I am wondering how to quick zoom in/out without going thru the menu over and over. And I have one suggestion for the A1000..... :) can you make the #2 game button at the top of the phone convert to full screen? I got the idea because the Opera browser included uses this button to go to full screen mode. Thanks for your time. BUG: SmartComGPS 1.
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How do I get a newline in my prompt?

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You can place a literal newline in quotes, i.e. PROMPT="Hi Joe, what now?%# " If you have the bad taste to set the option cshjunkiequotes, which inhibits such behaviour, you will have to bracket this with unsetopt cshjunkiequotes and setopt cshjunkiequotes, or put it in your .zshrc before the option is set. In recent versions of zsh (not 3.0), there is a form of quoting which interprets print sequences like '\n' but otherwise acts like single quotes: surround the string with $'...'.
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How do I turn off auto-renewal and cancel my .Mac membership?

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To cancel your .Mac membership for the upcoming year, go to Account and click Credit Card Info. Uncheck the Auto-Renew checkbox and click Submit. The main Account page will then show that your account is set to expire on your anniversary date. Your credit card will not be charged for the following year, and you will receive a notice on your anniversary date that your account has expired.
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How do I turn off the Auto-Renew?

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Log into your account, click on Account Options, then on Auto-Renew Settings. Disable this feature and click update.
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Why are non-exported names accessible at the command prompt?

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When you evaluate an expression in the interpreter, it has to use some symbol table for looking up the ids you use. What symbol table does it use? The only credible alternatives are: The symbol table of the "current module" Hugs uses the latter (which seems more useful) but you might reasonably expect Hugs to use the export list and wonder why Hugs doesn't seem to implement abstract data types correctly when you do experiments from the command line.
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