I often want to return to the previous directory I was just in in cmd.exe, but windows does not have the "cd -" functionality of Unix. Also typing cd ../../.. is a lot of typing. Is there a faster...

Let's say I have the following in my AutoRun script: @doskey cd = @( ^ for /f usebackq^^ delims^^=^^ eol^^= %%a in (^ '$* ' ^ ) do @( ^ if "%%~a"==" " ( ^ if /i not "%...

Following on from an answer to this question For the Windows command prompt I can define aliases as follows: @echo off DOSKEY ns=npm start DOSKEY nsr=npm run serve I want to define an alias th...

I have a caller.cmd file which has a DOSKEY set like this: DOSKEY startnow=call powershell getscalled.ps1 Now the script getscalled.ps1 has two switch parameters defined in parameter sets like...

I added a DOSKEY alias via batch script (script1.bat) and try to call it in another batch script. It doesn't work. script1.bat: set USER_SETTINGS=%DRIVE%\programme\settings.xml DOSKEY mvn=mvn --...

Is this possible? I have tried this blog, but it doesn't work. I have a macrofile with about 50 or so doskey macros, which is used in cmd.exe. I run something like: doskey /exename=powershell.exe...

The doskey command separator ($T) generates a blank line when the command produces no output. C:\> set "a=" C:\> set "b=" C:\> doskey test=set "a=foo" $T set "b=bar" $T echo ^%a^% ^%...

I'm creating a simple environment setup cmd script and I'm using doskey to setup various aliases and macros. The environment I'm on has various repositories and I wanted to create some macros for q...

I'd just like to know if there is a way to call one doskey macro from another. I tried the following, but it doesn't work: >doskey cleanpix=%PATH%\cleanpix.bat >doskey cp=cleanpix What am ...

I have created a doskey macro I want to remove. How do I delete it? How can I see all the macros I have created?