cmd
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- noun
- Specialized
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archivo .cmd
- My first instinct was to drop my pseudo-random hex-o-matic code inside the cmd script version of an iterative for loop
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In Windows, you get to use it using the command prompt (cmd) in Unix systems by the terminal.
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We need to place a script inside the CMD file.
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My first step was to get a random number in a CMD script.
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After that, I added calls at the beginning and end of the cmd script that ran powershell.exe using the -Command argument and passed a short block of PowerShell commands.
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Pass that decimal number through a set of cmd if statements, and out pops a proper pseudo-random hexadecimal digit.
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I was tasked with modifying an old CMD script to add an event log entry at the beginning of the script's run and an event log entry when it completed.
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What I did not foresee was the possibility of the cmd script running concurrently with an already running instance of the script, thus jumbling the logs and making it impossible to match a start log with its correct end log entry.
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It must be different other ways to make undetectable file replications. The danger of this way is that "anyone" can easily make a silent installer or silent "download and executors" just by handling cmd's parameters.
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So the next time you whine about how PowerShell should include a Get-GUID cmdlet, just remember, it used to take 577 lines of cmd script to accomplish what $GUID = System.GUID::NewGUID()
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To automate the process, I created a cmd file that executes several commands sequentially.
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Etymology
Cmd files take their name from command because they hold a list of 'instructions' for Windows to run. That is why a .cmd file runs a series of commands when you open it.