✨ 40+ hacks — click any to run. try ascii art, jokes, matrix!
why CMD?
Pros use CLI for speed & automation. Win+R → cmd. Prompt = C:\Users\name. Let's explore 25+ hacks.
matrix & colors
color 0a (black/green), color 0c (red). prompt $G✨ changes prompt.
mkdir, cd, echo
mkdir sketches → cd sketches → echo <svg>...> draw.svg. Web dev direct.
ping, ipconfig, wifi
ping google.com / ipconfig / netsh wlan show profiles
fun APIs & ascii
🌦️ curl wttr.in/london?format=3 (weather). 😂 curl v2.jokeapi.dev/joke/Any?format=txt. 🪐 telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl (star wars). 🦜 curl parrot.live (party). 🌈 curl ascii.live/nyan. 🖼️ dir /s *.jpg | find /c count images.
see hidden info
systeminfo (OS), wmic cpu get name (CPU), powercfg /batteryreport (laptop), driverquery, assoc .txt. msg * "hello" popup.
batch & vbs
notepad talk.vbs → CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice").Speak"creative" → run. for /l %i in (1,1,5) do echo rocket %i loop.
open multiple apps
start calc & start mspaint & start msedge. Create funny html: echo ^<marquee>hi</marquee> > fun.html
tracert, netstat
tracert google.com (route), netstat -an (connections), nslookup github.com (DNS).
sfc /scannow
sfc /scannow (system file checker) simulated. shutdown -s -t timer. shutdown -a abort.
live ascii
curl ascii.live/forrest : running forest. curl ascii.live/mario (mario). curl -L https://tinyurl.com/starwars-ascii (star wars).
find all images
dir /s *.jpg *.png *.gif 2>nul to list all pics. dir /s *.jpg | find /c /i ".jpg" count.
whoami, hostname, time
whoami (current user), hostname, echo %date% %time%. set shows all variables.
why cli matters
Sysadmin, devops, cyber: all use cli. you just learned 40+ hacks. go build!