Take Command Console

4NT is a command line interpreter by JP Software and provides a replacement for the command processor cmd.exe is, which is included by default in versions of Windows from Microsoft Windows NT.

History

4NT is based on the previous shell 4DOS for DOS and Windows versions up to and including Windows Me, older versions were called 4DOS for Windows NT operating systems.

With Version 9.00 4NT was under the name Take Command Console is a part of the Take Command Shell, which is also distributed as shareware and in addition, similar to the Windows PowerShell provides a graphical interface.

Functions

4NT is a rich functionality for both the command line and batch processing available. It can work together with other scripting languages ​​, such as REXX, Ruby, and Perl, or Windows scripting languages ​​such as VBScript and JScript, so as to offer wider access to operating system functions.

4NT offers compared to cmd.exe a number of enhancements:

  • Additional commands
  • Extended functionality of existing commands
  • Advanced batch processing capabilities
  • Aliases
  • Improved wildcards and the ability to search file sizes, date and time stamps, etc. to filter
  • Context - sensitive online help
  • Colored directory listings
  • More internal variables
  • Variable functions
  • An interactive debugger for batch files, including a built-in text editor with syntax highlighting
  • Save the configuration to a. INI file
  • Support for file operations using multiple Internet protocols: FTP, TFTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS
  • Localized versions in English, French and German
  • Support for plugins to provide self-developed functionality
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