4NT

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4NT
Debugging a batch file in 4NT
Developer:	JP Software
Latest release:	8.01.76 / February 26, 2007
OS:	Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/Server 2003
Use:	Command shell
License:	Shareware
Website:	http://jpsoft.com/

4NT is a command line interpreter by JP Software, designed as a substitute for the default command interpreter cmd.exe in Microsoft's Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista. 4NT is based on the earlier 4DOS command shell for DOS, and in fact older versions were named 4DOS for the Windows NT Operating System.

4NT provides a rich set of both command line and batch programming capabilities. It can work in conjunction with other scripting languages, such as REXX, Ruby and Perl, or Windows Scripting languages, such as VBScript and JScript to provide greater access to the operating system. 4NT is used by data center operations, tech support staff and programmers, as well as power users.

[edit] Features

4NT features a number of enhancements when compared to cmd.exe:

• Additional commands
• Extended functionality of existing commands
• Extended batch file processing facilities
• Support for command aliases
• Enhanced wildcards and the ability to filter by file sizes, date and time stamps, etcetera
• Context-specific online help
• Colored directory listings
• More internal variables
• Variable functions
• An interactive debugger for batch files, including a built-in syntax-coloring editor
• Configuration stored in an .INI file
• Support for the Windows clipboard
• Support for file operations over several internet protocols: FTP, TFTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS
• Support for Unicode, in filenames and elsewhere
• Localized version from English, French and German
• Support for plugins to provide custom functionality

[edit] External links

• JP Software
• 4DOS.INFO - Klaus Meinhard's 4DOS support site with many batch examples, related docs and programs
• comp.os.msdos.4dos - Usenet group covering 4DOS and other JP Software shells; also accessible via Google Groups