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Setup Persistent Aliases & Macros in Windows Command Prompt (cmd.exe) using DOSKey

Setup Persistent Aliases & Macros in Windows Command Prompt (cmd.exe) using DOSKey

Saved from Archive.org, Date: May 14, 2010 Author: Jesse Webb

http://web.archive.org/web/20140330024520/http://devblog.point2.com/2010/05/14/setup-persistent-aliases-macros-in-windows-command-prompt-cmd-exe-using-doskey/

Our development machines here at Point2 are not standardized; we have a mixture of Windows XP, 7, and Mac OSX/Unix computers. I find myself constantly switching back and forth between command prompt interfaces when pair programming. As a result, I catch myself using “ls” to list a directories contents regardless of what system I am on. I am currently using a Windows XP machine for my developer box and I wanted to setup an alias to the “ls” command to actually perform a “dir”. Here is how I accomplished it…

There is a command available in a Window’s shell that let’s you “alias” command to whatever you please: DOSKey. It allows you to create “macros” to execute one or more other commands with a custom nam