Command prompt

Command Prompt (also known as cmd.exe, cmd) is a Windows program found in all windows versions that can be used to execute commands (for example ping google.com will ping the Google website, and taskkilll /F /IM iexplore.exe /T will forcefully terminate the Internet Explorer application.

The Command Prompt is also found in other operating systems, such as ReactOS and Linux.

Command Prompt Media

Screenshot of a sample Bash session in GNOME Terminal 3, Fedora 15
Screenshot of Windows PowerShell 1.0, running on Windows Vista
A graphical user interface with icons and windows (GEM 1.1 Desktop)
GNU Octave's GUI with command-line interface
Bourne shell interaction on Version 7 Unix
Prompt of a BBC Micro after switch-on or hard reset
An MS-DOS command line, illustrating parsing into command and arguments
The end of the HELP command output from RT-11SJ displayed on a VT100
A Teletype Model 33 ASR teleprinter keyboard with punched tape reader and punch

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