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Quick to open the command prompt/terminal window.
Quick to open the command prompt/terminal window.


== Explanation of symbols ==
* Symbol {{kbd | key=.}} means the current folder on Windows or Unix-like OS.
* Symbol {{kbd | key=..}} means the upper folder above the current folder on Windows or Unix-like OS.
* Symbol {{kbd | key=~}} means the home folder of the user on Cygwin or Unix-like OS<ref>[https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/34196/why-was-chosen-to-represent-the-home-directory history - Why was '~' chosen to represent the home directory? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange]</ref>.


== Command Prompt/Terminal ⇋ File Explorer (OS: {{Win}}) ==
== Command Prompt/Terminal ⇋ File Explorer (OS: {{Win}}) ==

Revision as of 19:02, 24 November 2017

Quick to open the command prompt/terminal window.

Explanation of symbols

  • Symbol . means the current folder on Windows or Unix-like OS.
  • Symbol .. means the upper folder above the current folder on Windows or Unix-like OS.
  • Symbol ~ means the home folder of the user on Cygwin or Unix-like OS[1].

Command Prompt/Terminal ⇋ File Explorer (OS: Win Os windows.png )

Open a Command Prompt/Terminal from the current File Explorer directory

  • Good.gif (1) Press Keyin alt + d to switch to the path bar of file explorer. (2) Enter cmd in the PATH bar and press ENTER key to open the console window. Tested on Windows 7, 8, 10.[2][3]
  • cmdhere powertoy for windows xp
  • create the cmd.exe shortcut ( c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe ) and set the start location manually

Open a File Explorer from the current Command Prompt/Terminal directory

  • Keyin explorer . on the command prompt, it will open the current folder in the file explorer

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  • Keyin explorer .. on the command prompt, it will open the upper folder in the file explorer

Cygwin window ⇋ File Explorer (OS: Win Os windows.png )

Open a Cygwin window from the current File Explorer directory

Cygwin

  • (1) Go to your "Send To" folder: C:\Users\<your_user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo (2) Create a shortcut having this in the Target field: C:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico C:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe -l -c "cd \"$0\" ; exec bash"[5]

Open a File Explorer from the current Cygwin directory

  • Keyin explorer "$(cygpath -w .)" on the Cygwin command, it will open the current folder in the file explorer[6]
  • Keyin explorer "$(cygpath -w ~)" on the Cygwin command, it will open the Cygwin user home folder e.g. C:\cygwin64\home\User in the file explorer [7]

Terminal window ⇋ Finder (OS: macOS icon_os_mac.png )

Open a Command Terminal from the current Finder directory

Open a Finder from the current Command Terminal directory

  • Keyin open . on the terminal prompt, it will open the current folder in the finder
  • Keyin open .. on the terminal prompt, it will open the upper folder in the finder

Further reading

References