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== On Windows == | == On Windows == | ||
If you are on Windows, you have probably never used a command line in your life. Fear not; that using the CLI is hard is a stereotype. It is ''not'' true in particular for BotW-related tools, which are fairly simple to manipulate. | If you are on Windows, you have probably never used a command line in your life. Fear not; that using the CLI is hard is a stereotype. It is ''not'' true in particular for BotW-related tools, which are fairly simple to manipulate. Tools will almost always have documentation that tells you how to use them too. | ||
=== Opening a command line === | === Opening a command line === | ||
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'''and press Enter to run the command''' and copy C:/source_file to C:/destination. | '''and press Enter to run the command''' and copy C:/source_file to C:/destination. | ||
==== On options ==== | |||
What about optional parameters? And what if a command takes a large amount of parameters? To avoid requiring the user to memorise the argument order when there are too many, CLI utilities typically use options. | |||
Options are just another way to give parameters. They almost always have the following form: <code>--optionname option_value</code>, can usually be combined and reordered, and are usually optional. | |||
==== On paths ==== | ==== On paths ==== | ||