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Computer, programming, and webmaster help , support , tips and tricks => Internet webmaster computer programming technology tips and tricks => Topic started by: charleychacko on October 15, 2006, 11:36:47 AM

Title: Too lazy to type the full directory name
Post by: charleychacko on October 15, 2006, 11:36:47 AM
Did you know that you can avoid typing full directory names when changing directories from the Command Prompt?

Let's say you have a directory named MyNewYorkOfficeFilesFolder that you want to changed to. Instead of typing:

CD MyNewYorkOfficeFilesFolder

next time try:

CD myn*

If you have multiple directories starting with the letters "myn" then you'd have to use more characters before the *, until the name can be distinguished from the rest of the directory names in the current directory.

If you have multiple directories to change to such as:

MyNewYorkOfficeFilesFolder\AGroup\Outbox

you can use:

CD myn*\a*\o*