4NT
| 4NT (part of Take Command ) | |
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| developer | JP software |
| Current version | 02/08/106 (March 10, 2008) |
| operating system | Microsoft Windows NT to Windows 7 |
| category | Command line interpreter |
| License | Shareware |
| JP software | |
4NT is an alternative operating system shell from JP Software for Windows . The software is a replacement for the command processor cmd.exe , which is supplied as standard 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 the Windows NT operating systems .
With version 9.00, 4NT became part of the Take Command shell under the name Take Command Console , which is also sold as shareware and also offers a graphical interface similar to Windows PowerShell .
Functions
4NT provides a wide range of functions for both the command line and batch processing . It can work with other scripting languages such as REXX , Ruby and Perl , or Windows scripting languages such as VBScript and JScript , to provide further access to operating system functions.
4NT offers a number of improvements compared to cmd.exe :
- Additional commands
- Extended functionality of existing commands
- Advanced batch processing capabilities
- Aliases
- Improved wildcards and the ability to filter on file sizes, date and time stamps, etc.
- Context-sensitive online help
- Colored directory lists
- More internal variables
- Variable functions
- An interactive debugger for batch files, including a built-in text editor with syntax highlighting
- Save the configuration in an .INI file
- Support for file operations using multiple internet protocols : FTP , TFTP , FTPS , HTTP , HTTPS
- Localized versions in English, French and German
- Support of plug-ins to provide self-developed functionalities
Web links
- JP software
- 4DOS.INFO - Klaus Meinhard's 4DOS support page with many examples of batch processing, additional documentation and programs
- comp.os.msdos.4dos - Usenet - Newsgroup ; Contents: 4DOS and other JP software shells; also accessible through Google Groups