USING ATTRIB, SUBST, XCOPY, DOSKEY, AND EDITOR

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Chapter 7

• USING ATTRIB, SUBST, XCOPY, DOSKEY, AND EDITOR
• Page 309

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7.1 File Attributes The ATTRIB Command

• ATTRIB R -R A -A S -S
• H -H drivepathfilename /S /D
• Sets attribute
• - Clears attribute
• R Read-only
• A Archive
• S System
• H Hidden
• /S Processes matching files in subdirectories too
• /D Processes the folders as well

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7.2 Activity ATTRIB Command

• Begin on O drive with your Data Disk
• Your Turn
• ATTRIB .99
• ATTRIB C\.
• COPY G\WUGXP\.FIL
• ATTRIB .FIL
• ATTRIB R STEVEN.FIL
• ATTRIB STEVEN.FIL

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7.2 Activity ATTRIB Command

• DEL STEVEN.FIL
• COPY G\WUGXP\.XLS
• DIR .XLS
• ATTRIB R .XLS
• ATTRIB .XLS
• Minimize the Command Window

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7.2 Activity ATTRIB Command

• Start/My Computer Double click O drive
  Tools/Folder Options
• View - scroll down and remove Hide Extensions for
  known file types OK
• Scroll down to NEW-SUV.XLS file Double click on
  file to open
• Click in cell A-30 (box below Toyota)
• Key in Latest Thing
• Click File and then click Save

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7.2 Activity ATTRIB Command

• Click OK
• Click Cancel (X box on message)
• Click File and then click Exit
• Click NO
• Close My Computer
• Click to restore the command window

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7.2 Activity ATTRIB Command

• Key in CLS
• COPY STEVEN.FIL BETTE.FIL
• ATTRIB R BETTE.FIL
• DEL BETTE.FIL
• DEL /F BETTE.FIL
• DIR BETTE.FIL

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7.3 Hidden and Archive Attributes (/H /A) with
ATTRIB

• H Hides a file from the directory display
• COPY and MOVE will not see file!
• A Archive a file
• This lets your backup know if the file has
  already been backed up.

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7.4 Activity Using the H and A Attributes

• Your Turn
• COPY G\WUGXP\FI.
• DIR F.
• ATTRIB FI. H
• DIR F.
• MOVE F. TRIP
• DIR /AH

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7.4 Activity Using the H and A Attributes

• ATTRIB H FI.
• DIR F.
• TYPE STEVEN.FIL
• ATTRIB STEVEN.FIL
• ATTRIB A R STEVEN.FIL
• ATTRIB STEVEN.FIL

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7.4 Activity Using the H and A Attributes

• COPY TRIP\FRANK.FIL STEVEN.FIL
• Y
• TYPE STEVEN.FIL
• ATTRIB STEVEN.FIL
• ATTRIB R A STEVEN.FIL
• ATTRIB STEVEN.FIL

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7.4 Activity Using the H and A Attributes

• REN STEVEN.FIL BRIAN.FIL
• ATTRIB BRIAN.FIL
• COPY BRIAN.FIL STEVEN.FIL
• ATTRIB STEVEN.FIL
• ATTRIB BRIAN.FIL

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7.5 The SUBST Command

• SUBST drive1 drive2path
• Undo with SUBST drive1 /D
• Use SUBST by itself to see list

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7.6 Activity Using SUBST

• Your Turn
• TYPE ASTRONOMY\MERCURY\DRESS.UP
• SUBST T O\ASTRONOMY\MERCURY
• TYPE TDRESS.UP
• SUBST
• SUBST T /D
• SUBST

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7.7 The XCOPY Command

• XCOPY This is an external command
• Source destination then switches
• This command is faster then the COPY command.
  Why?
• It is a buffered copy whereas COPY does one file
  at a time.

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7.8 Activity Using the XCOPY Command

• Your Turn
• DIR G\WUGXP\MEDIA
• DIR G\WUGXP\MEDIA\BOOKS
• XCOPY G\WUGXP\MEDIA MEDIA /S
• D
• DIR MEDIA
• DIR MEDIA\BOOKS
• DIR G\WUGXP\.TXT
• XCOPY G\WUGXP\.TXT /D06-01-00

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7.8 Activity Using the XCOPY Command

• A
• ATTRIB .BUD
• XCOPY /M .BUD CLASS
• ATTRIB .BUD
• COPY FILE2.FP AST.BUD
• Y
• ATTRIB .BUD
• XCOPY .BUD CLASS /M

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7.8 Activity Using the XCOPY Command

• Y
• ATTRIB .BUD
• COPY G\WUGXP\.TXT
• A
• DIR .TXT
• ATTRIB H SAN.TXT
• DIR .TXT
• MD HIDDEN

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7.8 Activity Using the XCOPY Command

• COPY .TXT HIDDEN
• XCOPY .TXT HIDDEN /H
• A
• CD HIDDEN
• DEL .
• Y
• DIR
• DIR /AH

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7.9 Multiple XCOPY Parameters

• Advantage of XCOPY is to perform file operations
  on hidden, system and even read-only files

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7.10 ActivityUsing Multiple XCOPY Parameters

• Your Turn
• MD HOLD
• XCOPY .TXT HOLD /H
• DIR HOLD
• DIR HOLD /AH
• XCOPY \FILE. /L
• COPY \FILE.
• ATTRIB .FP R

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7.10 ActivityUsing Multiple XCOPY Parameters

• ATTRIB S .CZG
• ATTRIB .SWT S H R
• DIR
• ATTRIB
• CD \
• MD HIDDEN2
• XCOPY HIDDEN HIDDEN2 /S /H /R /E /K
• CD HIDDEN2

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7.10 ActivityUsing Multiple XCOPY Parameters

• ATTRIB /S
• CD \
• RD HIDDEN /S
• Y
• RD HIDDEN2 /S
• Y
• Close the Command Prompt window

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7.11 DOSKEY

• External command
• Memory resident
• Referred to as a TSR command (Terminate and Stay
  Resident)
• Has a bunch of switches

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7.12 Activity Using DOSKEY

• Your Turn
• Close current Command Prompt window
• Open a new Command Prompt window
• Key in the following
• O
• DIR .TXT
• DIR G\WUGXP\.99
• VOL
• DOSKEY /HISTORY

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7.12 Activity Using DOSKEY

• DOSKEY /HISTORY gt TEST.BAT
• TYPE TEST.BAT
• CD CLASS DIR .BUD CD \
• DOSKEY bbCD CLASSTDIR .BUDTCD \
• bb
• DOSKEY /MACROS gt b.bat
• TYPE b.bat

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7.13 The Text Editor

• Start in a command prompt by using EDIT
• Creates ASCII text files
• Similar to Notepad in Windows
• Has a search ability
• No formatting ability however

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7.14 Activity Using the Text Editor

• Your Turn
• Close any open Command Prompt windows
• Open a new Command Prompt window. Right-click
  the title bat. Click Properties.
• Click the Options tab
• Clear QuickEdit Mode, click OK
• Click Modify shortcut that started in this
  window. Click OK
• O
• EDIT
• NOTEPAGE 350 STARTS NUMBERS AT gtgt6ltlt

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7.14 Activity Using the Text Editor

• Close welcome message key in the following
• This is a test.
• This is more test data.
• Press CTRL HOME
• THIS IS MORE DATA.
• Press the INSERT key
• My second.
• Press the INSERT key
• Click under the first t in the phrase test
  data

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7.14 Activity Using the Text Editor

• Hold left mouse button drag to end (no period!)
• notePage 352 jumps to number gtgt16ltlt
• Key in meaningless data
• On Menu bar..click File/Open
• O\PERSONAL.FIL
• Click OK
• Click Search (Menu bar)
• Click Find
• In Find What type Jones

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7.14 Activity Using the Text Editor

• Click OK
• Press F3 three times
• Press ? four times
• Key in text on page 354 using spacebar to align
• Click File
• Click Exit
• Click No
• Click Yes
• Open the Command Prompt editor

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7.14 Activity Using the Text Editor

• Click File/Open
• O\STEVEN.FIL
• Click View/Split Window
• Change Frank to Steven
• Click File/Save
• Click File/Close
• Place cursor in top window and click File/Open
• O\TEST.BAT then click OK
• Place cursor in bottom window and click File/Open
• O\B.BAT then click OK

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7.14 Activity Using the Text Editor

• In top window, delete first line and last two
  lines
• In bottom window, alter the line as on page 356
• Save both files. Close both files. Exit the
  editor.
• Close Command Prompt. Open Command Prompt. Make
  O\ the default drive.
• Key in bb
• Key in B
• Close the Command Prompt window.

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7.15 Using Text Data Files

• Text files are a way of recording data
• Text files take up very little space
• Next we will look at spreadsheets

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7.16 Activity Importing a Text File

• Your Turn
• Open the Microsoft Excel Program
• Click Data
• Click Import External Data (or Get External Data)
• Click Import data (or Import Text File)
• Click in drop down box and navigate to G\WUGXP
• Double click PLANETS.TXT
• Click Next

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7.16 Activity Importing a Text File

• Click to clear the Tab check box
• Click the Comma check box
• Click Next
• Click Finish
• Click OK
• Click File/Exit
• Click NO

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Chapter 7 Exercises

• Blackboard T/F, CP MC Page 362
• Blackboard PS I Page 363
• Do PS II Page 369