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Answer» Since the original thread has been hit by the ex-member bug...
In case you've not heard, Microsoft has been working on a replacement for the command prompt (and before that, the DOS prompt) for quite a while. It USED to be codenamed "Monad" (just one letter removed from "gonad", for reasons best known to Microsoft). Anyway, it has been finalised, renamed with characteristic machismo "Windows PowerShell" and released. It is available from the official PowerShell website, >here<.
I'm definitely going to be checking it out. If I ever want to do scripting tasks, I tend to use PHP on Windows (slow for filesystem operations) or bash/zsh on Linux. But much as it pains me to admit it, PowerShell provides some interesting functionality not available to either. It's available for Windows OSES from XP upwards and looks very interesting INDEED for power users - especially those who have so far resisted Windows Scripting.
Monad becomes PowerShell
Introducing Windows PowerShellwho's the ex member?
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