Please be aware of notation below in command outlines. $ represents a command and rests of the lines following that line are output. The tradition is to utilize the "> " prompt for Windows Command Shell, however, I come from a Unix background and I defy that.
* Netsh tool examples are bit long, hence it is moved at the bottom.
Balanced Power options
Turn hibernation off (run from elevated PS),
powercfg /h off
List Power plans,
$ powercfg list
Existing Power Schemes (* Active)
-----------------------------------
Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e (Balanced) *
Power Scheme GUID: 433299bd-efc0-474e-a61e-4a940c85e632 (Timers off (Presentation))
Power Scheme GUID: 496d75e1-8cba-4d72-b778-535d67c976ea (Airplane)
How to export Balanced plan (we copy paste id from output of above command),
powercfg -Export D:\Efficient_BP.pow 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e
automate importing registry (requires privilege) ref,
reg import 'D:\Soft\reg files soft settings\app_paths\KeePass.reg'
WinRar
An example use of rar,
rar a -m5 -psa1 -ep1 I:\Doc\docs.rar I:\Doc\Office_Docs\
without -ep1 it makes a big directory tree
gnuwin32 tools
similar to Unix,
"D:\ProgramFiles_x86\GnuWin32\bin\gzip.exe" -d .\bitarray-ex-0.8.1.tar.gz
"D:\ProgramFiles_x86\GnuWin32\bin\tar.exe" -xvf .\bitarray-ex-0.8.1.tar
"D:\ProgramFiles_x86\GnuWin32\bin\tar.exe" --version
External Applications
Here are some command line examples for External Applications.
using tftp to uplod a file into ftp server,
tftp -i 192.168.1.10 PUT 'E:\LinkSys E2000\images\FW_E2000_1.0.04.007_US_20101201_code.bin' FW_E2000_1.0.04.007_US_20101201_code.bin
I used to use this one for 'ATA Automation'.
Identify image format info using image magick's identiy (referring to C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-6.8.8-Q16\identify.exe in my system as an example),
identify "F:\Documents\Images\From Previous Cell-Phone\2011-09\01092011.jpg"
identify -verbose "F:\Sourcecodes\Web\ASP .Net\Icons\saos_favicon.ico"
Identify image format info using image magick's convert tool (referring to C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-6.8.8-Q16\convert.exe in my system as an example),
convert -background transparent
ps2pdf tool (location in my system C:\Program Files\MiKTex\miktex\bin\x64\ps2pdf.exe) from Miktex from example,
ps2pdf D:\Source\ml-95-ripper.ps
Video Applications
mkvextract
Extract subtitle using mkvextract (referring to C:\Program Files (x86)\MKVToolNix\mkvextract.exe in my system),
mkvextract tracks D:\Movies\Fences.mkv "2:D:\Movies\Fences.srt"
mkvmerge (in my system C:\Program Files (x86)\MKVToolNix\mkvmerge.exe) show info on mkv file,
mkvmerge -i D:\Movies\Fences.mkv
Network Shell (Netsh)
Network shell (netsh) is a command-line utility that allows you to configure and display the status of various network communications server roles and components after they are installed on computers running Windows Server. ref, MSFT Windows Server - Network Shell
We still need to use netsh till we have cmdlets support
To connect to a specific network or SSID
netsh wlan connect name='Starbucks WiFi'
To disconnect from WiFi
$ netsh wlan disconnect interface=Wi-Fi
Disconnection request was completed successfully for interface "Wi-Fi".
To disable Net WiFi Adapter (requires admin privilege),
Disable-NetAdapter -Name Wi-Fi -Confirm:$false
To disable Net WiFi Adapter (requires admin privilege),
Enable-NetAdapter -Name Wi-Fi
To provide more context, new cmdlets and netsh features enable us to control network interfaces of the PC. Here's a netsh example to list WiFi SSIDs,
$ netsh wlan show profiles
Profiles on interface Wi-Fi:
Group policy profiles (read only)
---------------------------------
User profiles
-------------
All User Profile : CSC-Public
All User Profile : Starbucks WiFi
All User Profile : PEETS
.......
This command does not show currently available WiFi Networks. It only shows the networks that are saved in the System because it connected to those in past.
Following shows pretty much the same list probably because most WiFi have clear type Key,
$ netsh wlan show profiles key=clear
Applying above command on a specific SSID provides us more info,
$ netsh wlan show profiles name='Starbucks WiFi'
Profile Starbucks WiFi on interface Wi-Fi:
=======================================================================
Applied: All User Profile
Profile information
-------------------
Version : 1
Type : Wireless LAN
Name : Starbucks WiFi
Control options :
Connection mode : Connect automatically
Network broadcast : Connect only if this network is broadcasting
AutoSwitch : Do not switch to other networks
MAC Randomization : Disabled
Connectivity settings
---------------------
Number of SSIDs : 1
SSID name : "Starbucks WiFi"
Network type : Infrastructure
Radio type : [ Any Radio Type ]
Vendor extension : Not present
Security settings
-----------------
Authentication : Open
Cipher : None
Security key : Absent
Key Index : 1
Cost settings
-------------
Cost : Unrestricted
Congested : No
Approaching Data Limit : No
Over Data Limit : No
Roaming : No
Cost Source : Default
Following is equivalent,
$ netsh wlan show profiles name='Starbucks WiFi' key=clear
Show Network Interfaces Information
To view currently connected SSID etc,
$ netsh wlan show interfaces
There is 1 interface on the system:
Name : Wi-Fi
Description : Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz
GUID : 605a0ad1-b96b-4f4e-b5a9-782623d6d797
Physical address : 04:ed:33:4c:9e:1f
State : connected
SSID : Nimbus3000
BSSID : 84:bb:69:fa:93:10
Network type : Infrastructure
Radio type : 802.11ac
Authentication : WPA2-Personal
Cipher : CCMP
Connection mode : Auto Connect
Channel : 40
Receive rate (Mbps) : 585
Transmit rate (Mbps) : 866.7
Signal : 94%
Profile : Qubit
Hosted network status : Not available
Show available WiFi Networks using netsh,
$ netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid
Interface name : Wi-Fi
There are 3 networks currently visible.
SSID 1 : Qubit_Guest
Network type : Infrastructure
Authentication : WPA2-Personal
Encryption : CCMP
BSSID 1 : 20:a6:cd:32:fe:e1
Signal : 50%
Radio type : 802.11n
Channel : 6
Basic rates (Mbps) : 24
Other rates (Mbps) : 36 48 54
BSSID 2 : 44:48:c1:a5:08:81
Signal : 81%
Radio type : 802.11n
Channel : 6
Basic rates (Mbps) : 24
Other rates (Mbps) : 36 48 54
BSSID 3 ... ...
SSID 2 : Qubit
Network type : Infrastructure
Authentication : WPA2-Enterprise
Encryption : CCMP
BSSID 1 : 44:48:c1:a4:f0:b1
Signal : 62%
Radio type : 802.11ac
Channel : 157
Basic rates (Mbps) : 24
Other rates (Mbps) : 36 48 54
BSSID 2 ... ...
SSID 3 : hello_kitty
Network type : Infrastructure
Authentication : WPA2-Personal
Encryption : CCMP
BSSID 1 ... ...