Command-Line Tools

 These are a few simple command-line tools that I've written and use pretty much every day.
  • wi - Find an executable file on the path.
  • whoami - Display your user name, the groups you belong to, and your privileges.
  • echodate - Output a date in a variety of formats.

wi

 Wi (short for Where Is) is a command-line program to tell you where a certain executable is located in your system's path.
C:\>wi rar
c:\uty\Rar.exe

C:\>wi rar*
c:\remotelyanywhere\RAReboot.exe
c:\uty\Rar.exe
c:\uty\rar330b5.exe

C:\>
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LEGAL NOTICE: You're granted the license to freely use WI. You may not redistribute, sell or re-sell it. Anything else you do with it is at your sole responsibility. The creator or publisher cannot be held liable for any damages, direct or indirect, that result from the use of this software. By running the software you agree to be bound by these terms.

Follow this link to download: wi.zip - 20K


Install

Simply unpack the zip file to a directory of your choice and run the executable.


whoami

 WhoAmI is a command-line program to tell you who exactly you are in your Windows computer (and on your Windows network). It will tell you your account name (well, duh) and all the groups you are a member of. It will also tell you what privileges you have.
C:\>whoami

whoami 1.01 (C)2005 CodeFromThe70s.org

User:   DUALXEON\Marton
Groups: DUALXEON\None
        Everyone
        DUALXEON\Debugger Users
        BUILTIN\Administrators
        BUILTIN\Users
        NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE
        NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users
        LOCAL
Privileges: Default - Bypass traverse checking (SeChangeNotifyPrivilege)
                    - Manage auditing and security log (SeSecurityPrivilege)
                    - Back up files and directories (SeBackupPrivilege)
                    - Restore files and directories (SeRestorePrivilege)
                    - Change the system time (SeSystemtimePrivilege)
                    - Shut down the system (SeShutdownPrivilege)
                    - Force shutdown from a remote system 
                                (SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege)
                    - Take ownership of files or other objects 
                                (SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege)
                    - Debug programs (SeDebugPrivilege)
                    - Modify firmware environment values 
                                (SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege)
                    - Profile system performance (SeSystemProfilePrivilege)
                    - Profile single process (SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege)
                    - Increase scheduling priority 
                                (SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege)
            Enabled - Load and unload device drivers (SeLoadDriverPrivilege)
                    - Create a pagefile (SeCreatePagefilePrivilege)
                    - Adjust memory quotas for a process 
                                (SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege)
            Enabled - Remove computer from docking station (SeUndockPrivilege)
                    - Perform volume maintenance tasks 
                                (SeManageVolumePrivilege)
            Default - Create global objects (SeCreateGlobalPrivilege)
            Default - Impersonate a client after authentication 
                                (SeImpersonatePrivilege)

C:\>

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LEGAL NOTICE: You're granted the license to freely use WI. You may not redistribute, sell or re-sell it. Anything else you do with it is at your sole responsibility. The creator or publisher cannot be held liable for any damages, direct or indirect, that result from the use of this software. By running the software you agree to be bound by these terms.

Follow this link to download: whoami.zip - 17K


Install

Simply unpack the zip file to a directory of your choice and run the executable.

echodate

 Echodate is an executable wrapper around strftime(). Sounds oh-not-so-exciting? It's actually quite useful if you think about it. Consider the following batch file: 
echodate "rar m -m5 ex%y%m%d.log webserver%Y%m%d.log.rar" -86400 > #@#tmp.cmd
call #@#tmp.cmd
del #@#tmp.cmd
The above batch file will generate and call this one: 
rar m -m5 ex060226.log webserver20060226.log.rar
Schedule this to run at 4am in your webserver's log directory, and it will automatically archive yesterday's log for you.

This is just one example - whenever you need pretty much anything date-related in a batch file, echodate will come in handy.

There are two parameters, both of them optional.
  • The first parameter is a format string that gets passed to strftime() alongside with today's date.
  • The second parameter is a time offset in seconds. This is added to the date before it's passed to strftime().
Running echodate alone without any parameters: 
Z:\>echodate
060226

Z:\>
Specifying a format string: 
Z:\>echodate %#c
Sunday, February 26, 2006 18:41:15

Z:\>
Specifying a format string and an offset: 
Z:\>echodate %#c -864000
Thursday, February 16, 2006 18:42:10

Z:\>

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LEGAL NOTICE: You're granted the license to freely use echodate. You may not redistribute, sell or re-sell it. Anything else you do with it is at your sole responsibility. The creator or publisher cannot be held liable for any damages, direct or indirect, that result from the use of this software. By running the software you agree to be bound by these terms.

Follow this link to download: echodate.zip - 33K


Install

Simply unpack the zip file to a directory of your choice and run the executable.