Running services and shared folders

Show all services
sc query type= service

All running services
net start

Computers in same network
net view

Shared folders on computer_name
net view \\computer_name /all

Search for text in subdirs with find and grep

Search for the string "require" in all ruby files (extension .rb).

\usr\wbin\find . -name "*.rb"|xargs grep "require"

Command window here

On Windows 7:

Use SHIFT+right_click in Windows Explorer to get a lot more features. For example "Open command window here".

Registry Keys

Display version of Internet Explorer installed on the current system:

cmd /k reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v Version

Cscript

"cscript" is used for running java scripts from command line.

Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7

Search for files in subdirs

How to search for all Nant build files in sub directories:
>dir /s /b *.build

Who is listening on a certain port?

netstat /b

Monitor network interfaces and routes

Write at command line:
> route print