Psh: Cmd.exe Replacement

Killswitch · Post by **Killswitch** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:26 pm

I'm not a Linux user, but I have experiemented with it a little bit. Now, this may sound corny, but Linux does have some really cool consoles which actually make it a joy to go back to a CLI. Cmd.com on windows, however, is boring. And old.

So, I decided I'd make a replacement! And, here it is:

It's XP only at the moment, but I'll soon fix that

. Every command you can enter via Cmd.exe is supported.

Download Binary

Download Source

Enjoy!

thamarok · Post by **thamarok** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:48 pm

Looks nice

. However, I think you don't need to make the commands yourself, just take the user input, execute it through RunProgram() or ShellExecute_() and pipe out the result and show it to the user. Sounds hard, but in the time I used Win 98SE, I made something similar and it got pretty much attention with my friends

(I think I removed it when I formatted my hard-drive to install Linux

)

Killswitch · Post by **Killswitch** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:07 pm

I was wondering if there was something like that avaliable - thanks for the tip!

jqn · Post by **jqn** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:33 pm

Good idea.

A little help for running a program and trap messages and errors:

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  npgm = RunProgram(EXEPGM, DIRECTORY, #PB_Program_Wait|#PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)

  while AvailableProgramOutput(npgm)
    line.s = ReadProgramString(npgm)

... examine errors and others strings....

      printn(line)
  wend

Killswitch · Post by **Killswitch** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:43 pm

I've updated it - and now it can run commands!

Intrigued · Post by **Intrigued** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:36 am

I noticed this offering does not support "exit". Can you build that in too?

TIA

stubbsi · Post by **stubbsi** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:58 am

what about command history using the up/down arrow keys.

most unix shells such as bash/csh have this facility

TIA

Killswitch · Post by **Killswitch** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:58 am

Unless I'm misunderstanding you that's already implimented with the arrows on the side?

jqn · Post by **jqn** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:51 am

Command "dir" say an error and cancel

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An attemped read or wite to/from an address to which that process isn't allowed

It's possible to "bold" the font? I can't see it well

..::Origin::.. · Post by **..::Origin::..** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:15 am

I get the same error. Looks good though.

Killswitch · Post by **Killswitch** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:21 pm

That's weird, I don't get that. You guys are on XP?

Num3 · Post by **Num3** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:23 pm

Killswitch wrote:That's weird, I don't get that. You guys are on XP?

No i'm at home ...

jqn · Post by **jqn** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:29 pm

Killswitch wrote:That's weird, I don't get that. You guys are on XP?

No, I'm on w2k.
But, I think that the problem is that “dir” (and some others) they are not cmd or exe but subcommands of “cmd.exe”.

Killswitch · Post by **Killswitch** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:10 pm

I don't get that error while on XP - I do have a 2000 machine available so I'll have a look into it asap.

Trond · Post by **Trond** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:29 pm

Dir works here.

It looks nice but it uses 100% CPU. What he means by arrow up and down is the arrow keys on the keyboard. Just try it in cmd.exe after running some commands.