Freeware command shell for Windows.

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Hi,

Does anyone know of a freeware command shell for Windows to replace the
built in one (cmd.exe)? I would like one which work in full screen easily
which is not the case with the built in Windows one. A tabbed interface
would also be nice, but is not that important. On Linux I had tons of
these to choose from, not so on Windows it seems! :)
 
Christian said:
Hi,

Does anyone know of a freeware command shell for Windows to replace the
built in one (cmd.exe)? I would like one which work in full screen easily
which is not the case with the built in Windows one. A tabbed interface
would also be nice, but is not that important. On Linux I had tons of
these to choose from, not so on Windows it seems! :)
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If you have been able too learn Linux, I think you are able too learn
Windows too
alt + enter give you full screen. It´s even posible too config the screen
too
 
If you have been able too learn Linux, I think you are able too learn
Windows too
alt + enter give you full screen. It´s even posible too config the screen
too
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I know that, but I just want to be able to maximize the window (like you
can with all other Windows apps I use). I am sorry, I should have used the
term "maximize" instead of "full screen".
 
Hi,

Does anyone know of a freeware command shell for Windows to replace the
built in one (cmd.exe)? I would like one which work in full screen easily
which is not the case with the built in Windows one. A tabbed interface
would also be nice, but is not that important. On Linux I had tons of
these to choose from, not so on Windows it seems! :)
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I don't think there is an alternative freeware command shell. If
there is, I'd be very interested in it, too!

However, you can make cmd.exe run fullscreen. Right-click the Window
Title Bar, select "defaults" and select "full screen". cmd.exe will
open fullscreen thereafter.
 
Christian said:
Does anyone know of a freeware command shell for Windows to replace the
built in one (cmd.exe)? I would like one which work in full screen
easily which is not the case with the built in Windows one. A tabbed
interface would also be nice, but is not that important. On Linux I had
tons of these to choose from, not so on Windows it seems! :)
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Console is a Win console window enhancement. It was inspired by eConsole
(http://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~corion) Console features
include configurable font, color, size, background image and
transparency (on Win2000 and later).

The dev said that a "tabbed" interface is on his plate...

http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/

You should also take a look at the first few forum threads as there is
mentioned a couple of other programs.
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=143117
 
Christian said:
I know that, but I just want to be able to maximize the window (like
you can with all other Windows apps I use). I am sorry, I should have
used the term "maximize" instead of "full screen".
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You can maximized it. Click the Maximize icon at the top-right. And
make sure you've told it to have more than 80 characters in width in
its properties.
 
Semolina Pilchard said:
Isn't that a lot of overhead for some command-line enhancement?
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As for RAM usage, I just did a simple test: fire up the shell, list files,
copy a file, remove a file. Cygwin bash took about 4MB of RAM, cmd.exe
(win2000 system) took 1.1MB.

Concerning disk space, well, Cygwin allows you to just select the
components you need at install time. Wouldn't know how much space is needed
for a simple bash shell, but it can't be much. Others on this NG are
probably able to tell you more on that.

Regards,
Wald
 
This is Wald for forever:
As for RAM usage, I just did a simple test: fire up the shell, list files,
copy a file, remove a file. Cygwin bash took about 4MB of RAM, cmd.exe
(win2000 system) took 1.1MB.

Concerning disk space, well, Cygwin allows you to just select the
components you need at install time. Wouldn't know how much space is needed
for a simple bash shell, but it can't be much. Others on this NG are
probably able to tell you more on that.
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I had bash + lynx + links + fortune [1] in ~40MB, but with the manpages.

[1] Actually, fortune was the main reason for me to install Cygwin! :p

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