cmd

There is a cmd package for calling windows commands within python3

This package only works on windows systems as it effectively just passes stuff off to subprocess.

from domonic.cmd import *

print(dir())

print(mkdir('somedir'))
print(touch('somefile'))

for file in dir():
    print("Line : ", file)

run arbitrary commands…

from domonic.cmd import Cmdcommand
Cmdcommand.run("echo hi")

Take a look at the code in ‘cmd.py’ to see all the commands. (Disclaimer: not tested.)

domonic.cmd

• call cmd commands from python 3

exception domonic.cmd.CmdException(error, message: str = 'An error message was recieved from cmd')

raised if cmd throws an exception

class domonic.cmd.Cmdcommand(*args, **kwargs)

wrapper class for all cmd commands

static run(cmd: str) → str

[runs any command on the cmd]

Parameters

cmd (str) – The command you want to run on cmd

Returns

the response as a string

Return type

str

class domonic.cmd.attrib(*args, **kwargs)

display file attributes

class domonic.cmd.cd(*args, **kwargs)

NOTE - ‘cd’ does not run on cmd - cd is pointless as session opens and closes - so is overridden to change dirs via pure python

class domonic.cmd.chdir(*args, **kwargs)

class domonic.cmd.chkdsk(*args, **kwargs)

check volumes

class domonic.cmd.comp(*args, **kwargs)

compare file contents

class domonic.cmd.copy(*args, **kwargs)

copy files

class domonic.cmd.dir(*args, **kwargs)

list directory content

class domonic.cmd.driverquery(*args, **kwargs)

display installed devices and their properties

class domonic.cmd.echo(*args, **kwargs)

text output

class domonic.cmd.erase(*args, **kwargs)

class domonic.cmd.fc(*args, **kwargs)

class domonic.cmd.fsutil(*args, **kwargs)

class domonic.cmd.getmac(*args, **kwargs)

display MAC address

class domonic.cmd.gpresult(*args, **kwargs)

display group policies

class domonic.cmd.hostname(*args, **kwargs)

display host name

class domonic.cmd.ipconfig(*args, **kwargs)

display IP network settings

class domonic.cmd.logoff(*args, **kwargs)

Logs the user out of Windows.

class domonic.cmd.mkdir(*args, **kwargs)

create a new directory

class domonic.cmd.move(*args, **kwargs)

move/rename files

class domonic.cmd.mrinfo(*args, **kwargs)

Provides information on the router

class domonic.cmd.ping(*args, **kwargs)

pings the network

class domonic.cmd.rename(*args, **kwargs)

rename files

class domonic.cmd.replace(*args, **kwargs)

replace files

class domonic.cmd.rmdir(*args, **kwargs)

delete directory

class domonic.cmd.shutdown(*args, **kwargs)

shutdown the computer. (/s), triggers a restart (/r), or logs the user out (/l).

class domonic.cmd.systeminfo(*args, **kwargs)

displays computer-specific properties and configurations

class domonic.cmd.tasklist(*args, **kwargs)

Lists all running processes

class domonic.cmd.title(*args, **kwargs)

Changes the title of the command prompt

class domonic.cmd.touch(*args, **kwargs)

class domonic.cmd.type_(*args, **kwargs)

display content of text files

class domonic.cmd.tzutil(*args, **kwargs)

bitsadmin Creates and monitors downloads and uploads chcp Changes the current code page choice Creates a selection list clip Forwards the result of a command to the clipboard. color Changes the background command Starts CMD.COM. 32-bit/DOS date Displays the current date and allows you to change it. debug Starts debug doskey Creates macros, recalls commands, and edits command input dosshell Opens the DOS shell edit Starts the MS-DOS editor edlin Creates and edits text files within the command prompt fasthelp Displays helpful information about commands fastopen Writes the position of a program into a specified list find Searches through a file or multiple files for a particular character sequence. findstr Finds character sequences in one or multiple files. forcedos Starts a program in the MS-DOS partial system graftabl Enables the option to use extended characters of a specific code page in graphics mode. 32-bit/DOS graphics Starts a program that can print graphics. 32-bit/DOS help Displays help text for a specific command (you can also use the /? command) kb16 Changes the country settings of the keyboard for DOS programs keyb Changes the country settings of the keyboard for DOS programs lpq Displays the status of a printer queue for computers that use a “line Printer Daemon” (LPD) lpr Sends a file to a computer that uses a line printer daemon (LPD). md Creates a new directory on the specified path. more Outputs the content of a file (for example, a text file) by the page. msg Sends a message to another user. nlsfunc Provides country-specific information for language support. 32-bit/DOS ntbackup Runs backup services directly from the command line or as part of batch or script files. XP path Creates and displays the path for searching executable files pause Pauses execution in batch files and scripts. popd Changes to the folder saved by the pushd command. print Prints a text file. prompt Changes the display of the command prompt pushd Saves a specific path into a script or batch file. qbasic Starts qbasic, a program environment based on the BASIC programming language rd Deletes a directory. rem Writes comments in batch and script files that aren’t taken into account when executing runas Allows a user to run commands with the rights of another user. scandisk Starts Microsoft ScanDisk. The program searches data carriers for errors schtasks Sets the execution of specified programs and commands for a specified point in time. set Displays environmental variables of CMD.EXE and lets you configure them shift Moves variables within batch files and scripts sort Lists out data (from a file or command) and outputs it again sorted start Opens a new command prompt window in which you can run a specific program or command subst Assigns a drive letter to a path to create a virtual drive taskkill Ends one or more running tasks. time Displays the current time and allows it to be changed. timeout Stops a process for a specified time. Files CMD command Description Windows version append Sets the path in which files will be searched for. 32-bit/DOS assoc Changes the program that’s linked with a particular file ending. attrib Changes attributes of specified files. With the parameter +R you can protect a file from changes cipher Displays and changes the encryption status of files and directories on NTFS partitions. comp Compares the content of two files or two file sets. compact Displays and changes the compression status of files and directories on NTFS partitions. copy Copies a file or multiple files to another location. cscript Runs scripts over the Microsoft Script Host. del Deletes a file or multiple files. deltree Deletes a directory as well as all subdirectories and files within diantz Compresses files without any loss (command has the same function as makecab) diskcomp Compares the content of two disks (not 10)/DOS diskcopy Copies the content of a disk to another (not 10)/DOS endlocal Ends the valid range of changes to batch files or scripts. erase Function is the same as del exe2bin Converts an EXE file to a BIN file. 32-bit expand Extracts files and folders stored in CAB files (not 64-bit XP)/DOS extrac32 Extracts files and folders stored in CAB files. fc Compares two individual files or two sets of files with one another and displays the differences forfiles Selects one or more files and runs a command that refers to these files. ftype Specifies a program for opening a specific file type. goto Skips the execution within a batch program to a specific line (marker) if Represents a conditional statement and executes expressions within batch files only under certain conditions. makecab Compresses files without loss in CAB format (you can also use the diantz command). mklink Creates a symbolic link to a file. With /D you can also create connections to directories. move Moves a file or multiple files from one directory to another. openfiles Displays and separates open system files and folders. recover Restores readable files that were on a defective data drive. ren Changes the name of a particular file. rename Function is the same as ren replace Replaces the selected file or files with one or more other files. robocopy Allows so-called robust file copying. rsm Manages media on removable storage devices. setlocal Limits the valid range of changes to batch files or scripts. share Installs file sharing and file locking. 32-bit/DOS sxstrace Starts the WinSxs Tracing Utility, a tool for programming diagnostics. takeown Restores administrator access rights to a file that have been lost when reassigning a user. undelete Undoes the deletion of a file verify When enabled, checks whether files are written correctly on a data drive. where Finds files that match a particular search topic. xcopy Copies files and entire directory structures. System CMD command Description Windows version at Starts commands and programs at a particular time. auditpol Displays current monitoring policies. backup Creates backups of files. These can be recovered with restore (replaced by msbackup) bcdboot Creates and repairs start files bcdedit Allows users to make changes to start configuration data storage bdehdcfg Prepares a hard drive for BitLocker Drive Encryption. bootcfg Creates, edits, or displays the content of boot.ini bootsect Modifies the master boot code sot that it’s compatible with the Windows Boot Manager or NT Loader cacls Edits and displays the access control list. chkdsk Checks and repairs (with the parameter /R) a data drive chkntfs Changes or displays the data driver check at startup. cmdkey Can display (/list), create (/add), or delete (/delete) login information. convert Converts partitions from FAT/FAT32 to NTFS. ctty Changes the standard input and output for the system dblspace Creates or configures compresses drives (a newer version of the command is called drvspace) defrag Defragments all or only specified drives. Use /U to observe the progress. diskpart Manages, creates, and deletes partitions from the hard drive. diskperf Allows users to remotely control the disk performance counter. diskraid Manages RAID systems. dism Manages and integrates Windows images dispdiag Creates a file in the current directory in which you’ll find information about your display. dosx Starts the DOS Protected Mode Interface driverquery Creates a list with all installed drivers. drvspace Creates or configures compressed drives. emm386 Provides DOS with more than 640 KB of RAM esentutl Manages databases within the extensible storage engine. eventcreate Creates an entry (ID and message) in an event log. eventtriggers Configures and displays event trigger. XP fdisk Creates, deletes, and manages partitions on the hard drive. fltmc Allows users to manage and display filter drivers. fondue Installs additional Windows features. format Formats a drive to the file system specified by the user hwrcomp Compiles self-created dictionaries for handwriting recognition hwrreg Installs a compiled dictionary for handwriting recognition icacls Edits and displays the access control list. ktmutil Starts the kernel transaction manager. label Changes or deletes a drive’s label lh Loads a program into the high memory area (UMB) – has the same function as loadhigh licensingdiag Creates an XML and a CAB file that contain information on the Windows product licence loadfix Ensures that a program is loaded and executed above the first 64 KB of RAM. 32-bit/DOS loadhigh Has the same function as lh lock Locks a drive so that only a user-selected program can access it directly. 98/95 lodctr Updates all registry entries that have to do with performance indicators logman Creates and manages event trace sessions and performance logs. manage-bde Configures drive encryption with BitLocker. mem Displays information about the RAM and indicates which programs are currently loaded in it. 32-bit/DOS memmaker Optimises the RAM mode Configures system devices – primarily on the COM or LPT port mofcomp Analyses files in managed object format (MOF) and adds the classes and instances to the WMI repository mountvol Creates and deletes mount points for drives and displays them. msav Starts Microsoft Antivirus msbackup Starts Microsoft Backup (replaces backup and restores) mscdex Loads the CD-ROM support for MS-DOS msd Starts the program Microsoft Diagnostics, with which system information can be displayed msiexec Starts the Windows installer muiunattend Starts an automatic setup process for the multilingual user interface (MUI) netcfg Installs the minimal operating system Microsoft Windows PE. ocsetup Installs additional Windows functions. 8/7/Vista pentnt Recognises floating point division errors pkgmgr Installs, uninstalls, and configures packages and functions for Windows. pnpunattend Automates the installation of device drivers pnputil Installs plug-and-play devices from the command prompt. power Uses the IDLE status of a processor to reduce energy consumption powercfg Allows the user to change the computer’s energy options and control energy conservation plans. pwlauncher Configures the startup options for Windows To Go with which you can boot Windows from a USB drive qprocess Provides information on running processes. query Displays the status of a particular service. quser Provides information on the currently logged-in users. reagentc Configures the Windows recovery environment recimg Creates a user-defined Windows image to restore the system. 8 reg Manages the registry of the command prompt. regini Changes registry authorisations. register-cimprovider Registers a common information model provider (CIM provider) in Windows regsvr32 Registers a DLL file in the registry. relog Creates new performance indicator protocols from the data in the existing protocols. repair-bde Repairs and decrypts defective drives that are encrypted with BitLocker. reset Resets a session. You can also use the rwinsta command. restore Restores backups that were created with the backup command (replaced by msbackup) rwinsta Command has the same function as reset. sc Manages services by connecting to the Service Controller. scanreg Repairs the registry and allows a backup to be created of it. 98/95 sdbinst Applies user-defined database files (SDB). secedit Analyses the security settings by comparing the current configurations with templates. setver Sets a version number of MS-DOS that’s forwarded to a program setx Creates or changes environmental variable in the user of system environment. sfc Checks all important and protected system files. smartdrv Starts and manages the hard drive cache program SMARTDrive sys Copies system files from MS-DOS and the command interpreter to another hard drive. This makes it bootable systeminfo Displays information about the Windows installation, including all installed service packages. tpmvscmgr Creates and deletes TPM virtual smart cards. tracerpt Processes logs or real-time data generated during the tracing of computer programs. typeperf Displays performance counter data or writes it into a file. unformat Undoes the drive formatting done by the format command unlock Unlocks a drive that was locked with the lock command. 98/95 unlodctr Deletes names as well as descriptions for extensible performance counters in the Windows registry. vaultcmd Creates, deletes, and displays saved registration information vol Displays the label and serial number of a drive vsafe Starts the antivirus software VSafe vssadmin Manages the volume shadow copy services that can be used to store different versions (snapshots) of drives. wbadmin Creates backups of the operating system and delivers information to the created backup copies. wevtutil Manages event logs and event log files. winmgmt Manages WMI repositories. Backups (/backup) are possible with the command, for example winsat Evaluates various system factors – for example, processor performance or graphical capabilities. wmic Starts the Windows Management Instrumentation in the command prompt. xwizard Registers Windows data in the form of XML files Network CMD command Description Windows version arp Displays and edits entries in the Address Resolution Protocol cache atmadm Displays information on asynchronous transfer mode (ATM). XP certreq Manages and creates certificate registration requirements for certification authorities. certutil Manages services related to certificate authentication. change Changes the settings of a terminal server and can be used together with the parameters logon, port, or user checknetisolation Checks the network capability of apps from the Windows Store chglogon Enables, disables, or adjusts logins for terminal server sessions. chgport Displays or changes the COM pin assignment of terminal servers for DOS compatibility. chgusr Changes the installation mode of a terminal server. cmstp Installs or uninstalls profiles for the connection manager. djoin Creates a new computer account in the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). finger Provides information about users on remote devices using the Finger service. ftp Transfers data to an FTP server or from this to a PC. gpresult Displays information on the Group Policy. gpupdate Updates information on the Group Policy. interlnk Connects two computers via serial or parallel connection to share files or printers intersvr Starts an interlnk server and transfers data from one computer to another via serial or parallel connection ipxroute Changes and displays information on the IPX routing tables. XP irftp Transfers files via infrared connection, if one is available. iscsicli Manages iSCSI, which enables connections via the SCSI protocol. klist Displays all tickets authenticated by the Kerberos service. Also enables the command to delete tickets (purge) ksetup Configures a connection to a Kerberos server mount Enables network sharing under the Network File System. (To use the command, enable NFS services) nbtstat Displays statistics and information on the TCP/IP connections on remote computers net Configures and displays network settings net1 Configures and displays network settings netsh Starts the network shell, which allows for network settings to be changed on local and remote computers. netstat Displays statistics and information on TCP/IP connections on the local computer nfsadmin Manages NFS servers and clients (to be able to use the command, you first have to enable NFS services in Windows) nltest Displays information related to secure channels in the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and tests the connections nslookup Sends a DNS query to a specific IP or host name on the preconfigured DNS server. You can also specify another DNS server ntsd Runs debugging. XP pathping Provides information on forwarding and package loss when sending over a network and also specifies the latency. qappsrv Displays all available remote computers in the network. qwinsta Displays information on the open remote desktop sessions. rasautou Manages autodial addresses. rasdial Starts and ends network connections for Microsoft clients. rcp Copies files from a Windows computer to a server that’s running a RSDH daemon, and vice versa rdpsign Signs a remote desktop protocol file (RDP file)/7 rexec Runs commands on a remote computer that’s running a Rexec daemon. Vista/XP route Displays routing tables and makes it possible to change, add, or delete entries rpcinfo Sends a remote procedure call (RPC) to an RPC server. rpcping Sends a ping via remote procedure call (RPC) and checks whether a connection is possible. rsh Runs commands on remote computers that are running the Unix program Remote Shell (RSH) setspn Creates, deletes, and changes SPNs. shadow Monitors a session on a remote computer. showmount Provides information on NFS file systems (to use the command, you first have to activate NFS services in Windows) tcmsetup Enables or disables a client for the Telephony Application Programming Interface (TAPI) telnet Enables communication with another computer that also uses the telnet protocol tftp Enables a file exchange between the local computer and a server that supports the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP). tlntadmn Manages a telnet server on a local or remote computer tracert Tracks a data package on the way through the network to a server. tscon Connects the current local user session with a session on a remote computer. tsdiscon Ends the connection between a local user session and a session on a remote computer.XP tskill Ends a process on a remote computer. tsshutdn Shuts down or restarts a remote terminal server. umount Removes mounted network file system drives. w32tm Manages the Windows time service that synchronises dates and times on all computers that share an AD DS domain. waitfor Sends or waits on a single. wecutil Creates and managements subscriptions for events. winrm Manages secure connections between local and remote computers via the WS management protocol. winrs Enables access to the command line of a remote computer via a secure connection to implement changes. wsmanhttpconfig Manages functions of the Windows Remote Management (winrm).

class domonic.cmd.ver(*args, **kwargs)

display operating system version - TODO seemed to hang

class domonic.cmd.vol(*args, **kwargs)

show volume description and serial numbers of the HDDs

class domonic.cmd.whoami(*args, **kwargs)

information about the current user. /GROUP parameter