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Ten sed command examples

Learn how to manipulate text in Linux using the powerful sed command. This post covers sed command examples of...
Sleep computer (remotely) from the command line

Sometimes, you might want to send a computer into power-saving mode remotely or from the command line. The onboard...
Kill Windows a process with Tskill and Taskkill

In my previous post, Terminate Windows processes with PsKill, I explained how to use PsKill to kill Windows processes...
PsLoggedOn: View logged-on users in Windows

PsLoggedOn, a command line tool that is part of the Sysinternals suite, gets information about users logged on to...
Terminate Windows processes with PsKill

PsKill is a command-line tool that is part of the Sysinternals suite. As the name suggests, it allows you...
Automate file downloads with Windows FTP or curl

If you need to download files regularly from an FTP server, Windows offers two onboard tools to automate this...
PsInfo: Get disk space, installed applications, and other information about local and remote Windows systems

PsInfo, a command-line tool that is part of the Sysinternals suite, gets key information about Windows systems, such as...
How to use curl on Windows

Curl (client URL) is a command-line tool powered by the libcurl library to transfer data to and from the...
Run Windows Terminal as admin

Like with cmd.exe or PowerShell, you often have to run Windows Terminal as admin to execute commands that need...
Robocopy examples

Robocopy (Robust File Copy) is a command line folder and file replication tool available as a standard Windows feature...
Install Windows Terminal without the Store (on Windows Server)

Microsoft has made its new terminal for multiple shells and command line programs available as a Store app. However,...
Export and import Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Learn how to export and import Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) distros between machines and on the same machine.
Windows Terminal 1.6 Preview gets GUI for settings, v1.5 becomes stable release

Microsoft has updated its new console for basically all command lines and shells. The most important innovations in the...
Windows Terminal v1.2 new features

In this post, we will take a look at the new features of Microsoft's terminal emulator Windows Terminal v1.2...
WuInstall: Windows Updates with a command

WuInstall is a lightweight but powerful command-line tool for managing Windows updates. With WuInstall, you can install Windows updates...
Windows Terminal: Microsoft’s next console for all command lines

Windows Terminal, announced at the build conference in May, is now available as a preview in the Microsoft Store....
WuInstall: A command-line interface (CLI) for Windows Update

WuInstall provides command-line and scriptable access to Windows Update. Quickly push single patches, download drivers, deploy upgrades, and compare...
VisualCron: Automating with a GUI

VisualCron is not an application or tool I have used before. The software aims to be a one-stop shop...
Install Subsystem for Linux in Windows 10 LTSC and Server 2019

The Linux subsystem introduced in Windows 10 1609 brought some innovations in Windows 10 1809. Also new is that...