Basic windows command lines for ethical hacking.

To open command line. Go to start menu and type "cmd" without quotations. And it will start command prompt.

To go to C:\> drive type cd\

To create a directory type mkdir directory_name.

C:\>mkdir Isuru

To insert some text into notepad.

C:\>echo Leann will come again. > leann.txt

To list tasks.

C:\>tasklist

To find specific task.

C:\>tasklist | findstr firefox

To kill a task.

C:\>taskkill /PID 6880 /F

6880 is the process id. And /F will kill the task forcefully. To write all tasks into a file.

C:\>tasklist > qwe.txt

To change color of command prompt.

C:\>color a

To view all the files in your drive in tree view.

C:\>tree

To view ip information.

C:\>ipconfig

To ping any web address.

C:\>ping www.google.com

To trace route.

C:\>tracert 209.85.175.103

Netstat This is to display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.

C:\>netstat

To list the users.

C:\>net user

To delete the user.

C:\>net user sam/DELETE