•Arnošt Havelka
Revision 1: DIR & ECHO
Practice what you've learned with DIR and ECHO challenges.
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Time to put your knowledge to the test! In this revision lesson, you'll practice combining the dir and echo commands you've already learned. These two commands are the foundation of working in the Windows terminal — listing files and printing output. Let's see how well you remember them!
Try the command
Combine DIR options to explore your file system!
Build the command
Terminal
C:\Users\Student>dir Projects /W
Directory of C:\Users\Student\Projects
[.] [..] plan.md
1 File(s)
0 Dir(s)
Challenge 1: List and Announce
Use dir to list the current folder, then use echo to print a completion message.
Terminal
C:\Users\Student>dir /w
Terminal
C:\Users\Student>echo Listing complete!
Challenge 2: Create a Log Entry
Use echo to write a message to a file, then use dir to confirm it was created.
Terminal
C:\Users\Student>echo Log started > activity.log
Knowledge Check
1 / 3Which command lists files in a directory?
References
These documentation links provide authoritative details for the commands used in this article.
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