<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Batch file </Li> <Li> Windows PowerShell </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> Batch file </Li> <Li> Windows PowerShell </Li> </Ul> <P> Command Prompt, also known as cmd. exe or cmd (after its executable file name), is the command - line interpreter on Windows NT, Windows CE, OS / 2 and eComStation operating systems . It is the counterpart of COMMAND.COM in DOS and Windows 9x systems (where it is also called "MS - DOS Prompt"), and analogous to the Unix shells used on Unix - like systems . The initial version of Command Prompt for Windows NT was developed by Therese Stowell . </P> <P> Command Prompt interacts with the user through a command - line interface . In Windows, this interface is implemented through Win32 console . Command Prompt may take advantage of features available to native programs of its own platform . For example, in OS / 2, it can use real pipes in command pipelines, allowing both sides of the pipeline to run concurrently . As a result, it is possible to redirect the standard error stream . (COMMAND.COM uses temporary files, and runs the two sides serially, one after the other .) </P>

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