Tag Archives: DOS

Nov 16 2009

View user session information on remote machines

Copy and paste this into a blank text file and save the file with a .bat extension.

@echo off

rem ######################################################################
rem  Program Name:    Server_Session.bat
rem  Developer:    Tom Gee
rem  Develop Date:    13-JUL-2007
rem  Revision:        1.00
rem  How to use:    Find the NT IDs of the user(s) currently logged into a specific server and reset if desired
rem ######################################################################

title View Server Session(s)

:Begin
SET /P SERVER=Enter the server name or IP address you would like to examine:

echo.
qwinsta /server:%SERVER%

echo.

SET /P RESET=Would you like to reset a user’s session?  (Y / N)

if %RESET%==Y goto YES

if %RESET%==N goto NO

if %RESET%==y goto YES

if %RESET%==n goto NO

:YES
echo.
SET /P USERID=What user ID would you like to reset?

rwinsta /server:%SERVER% %USERID%

:NO
echo.
echo Execution Complete.
echo.

SET /P RERUN=Would you like to examine another server? (Y / N)
echo.

if %RERUN%==Y goto Begin

if %RERUN%==y goto Begin

pause

Nov 16 2009

Ping remote machines to test network connectivity

Copy and paste this into a blank text file and save the file with a .bat extension.

@echo off

rem ######################################################################
rem  Program Name:    Pinger.bat
rem  Developer:    Tom Gee
rem  Develop Date:    13-JUL-2008
rem  Revision:    1.00
rem  How to use:    Ping a specified server to see if it’s online and check response time
rem ######################################################################

title PC Pinger

:Begin
SET /P SERVER=Enter the server name or IP address you would like to ping:

echo.

:Recheck
ping %SERVER%

echo.
echo Execution Complete.
echo.

rem SET /P RERUN=Would you like to examine another server? (Y / N)
SET /P RERUN=Would you like to re-check the same server? (Y / N)
echo.

if %RERUN%==Y goto Recheck

if %RERUN%==y goto Recheck

pause

Nov 16 2009

View system summary for remote PC

Copy and paste this into a blank text file and save the file with a .bat extension.

@echo off

rem ######################################################################
rem Program Name: MSINFO32.bat
rem Developer: Tom Gee
rem Develop Date: 08-AUG-2008
rem Revision: 1.00
rem How to use: View server hardware details
rem ######################################################################

title Remote Server Spec Viewer

:Begin
SET /P SERVER=Enter the server name to view info for:

echo.
cd C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedMSInfo
msinfo32.exe /computer \%SERVER%

echo Execution Complete.
echo.

SET /P RERUN=Would you like to examine another server? (Y / N)
echo.

if %RERUN%==Y goto Begin

if %RERUN%==y goto Begin

pause

Nov 15 2009

Handy DOS commands

  • dir – Shows a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.
    • /O – Order the list results
      • D – by date/time (oldest first)
      • E – by file extension (A-Z)
      • G – group directories first
      • N – by name (A-Z)
      • S – by size (smallest first)
    • /P – Pauses after each screen of information
    • /Q – Display owner of the file
    • /S – Include contents of subdirectories
    • /T – Control which time field is used for sorting
      • A – Last access
      • W – Last written
    • /4 – Show 4-digit year
  • findstr – searches through text in files for a specified string value
    • /I – Make the search not case sensitive
    • /M – Print only the filename of file that contains a match
    • /N – Print the line number
    • /P – Skip files with non-printable characters
    • /S – Search in all subdirectories

findstr /I /M “chocolate” c:Recipes*.*


  • nslookup – DNS lookup/Traceroute
  • ren – Rename all files in a directory.  The following example will replace the .sql file extension for all files in the current directory with .txt.

ren *.sql *.txt

  • xcopy – Copies files and directories
  • %~d0%~p0 – Shows the path of the current directory
  • %~f0 – The full path of the current batch file