April 12, 2012

Techbits #14: Console - Enhanced CLI for Windows

First, a Techbit for tabbed text editor in the form of Notepad++. Then, a Techbit for tabbed browser in the form of Firefox. And then, a Techbit for tabbed Telnet/SSH terminal emulator in the form of PuTTY Connection Manager. What else could one ask for, huh? Well, one could ask for a Techbit for tabbed version of command line client for Windows.

If you find yourselves working from the command line interface on Windows, then you'd have experienced all the niceties of the default "cmd.exe"! This is where "Console" comes to your rescue which is an enhancement for the Windows console and solves many problems.

Aside from the tabs (which in itself is pretty great), Console adds copy and paste functionality to the command line along with several display tweaking options (color, transparency, etc.) and fully-configurable keyboard shortcuts.

You can download this from http://console.sourceforge.net/.

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