How to create ls in windows command prompt?

Question

I want to use ls in windows command prompt and make it run the dir command.

How can I do that?

Answer 1

You could follow this guide: https://gist.github.com/vladikoff/38307908088d58af206b

TL;DR: pass /K path/to/custom/init_cmd.bat to your "shell startup" command.

I'm using ConsoleZ as my shell wrapper, so in my case I can find the setup option in "tabs", then I set the shell path to "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe "/K C:\cmd_init.bat"" like this.

Where C:\cmd_init.bat is the batch script containing my macros, here's what I would go for:

@echo off

doskey ls=dir /b
rem other macro stuff..

Sorry for formatting and other mistakes, this is my first time answering here. I hope it helps!