Windows

Bat

Firewall blocking script for .exe files in a folder

This is a windows script to add a firewall rule that blocks every executable in the current file. It will add one rule per executable and it's not dynamically updated.

make a txt file and name it to something.bat then add the following inside
@ setlocal enableextensions
@ cd /d "%~dp0"

for /R f" dir=out program="f" dir=in program="%%f" action=block
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pause

CMD

• Symlinks (symbolic links)
• Bypass Windows Account requirement when installing windows 11

Powershell

Bulk Copying

robocopy /E /xj /r:10 /w:10 "DriveLetter:\Source" "DriveLetter:\Destination"

/r:[n] // how many retries for each read error
/w:[n] // how many retries for each write error

Linux

Directory

Change Directory aka cd

• cd .. (goes back)
• cd ~ (goes to home)
• cd ~./..../ (goes to a folder using absolute path)
• cd folderName ( goes to the folder named in the current directory)

List Files

• ls (list files in the current directory)
• ls [-a] (list all files including hidden files in the current directory)
• ls [relativeOrAbsolutePath] (list files in the path provided)

Manuals aka man

man for manual pages
command -h or --help for details about command
apropos bla for any command including bla in its name or description