Better windows command line shells [closed]

Answer 1

Have you thought through what behavior you want to replace the current Ctrl+C functionality?

Answer 2

@Chirs
I think you need to clarify shell vs host(emulator). To me it sounds like you need another interface to your existing shell that better supports copy and paste, not another shell that supports more/different features.

I second Pat's suggestion of Console2, it is a very good application and OSS to boot.

Answer 3

PowerCmd is cheaper than TakeCommand and has a lot of powerful features - not the least of which is better handling of Cut/Copy/Paste. I've only been using it a short time but I'm really impressed so far:

Summary from the site:

PowerCmd enhances your command prompt with an easy-to-use Windows GUI-style interface and allows you to run multiple consoles within a single tabbed window. You can easily organize multiple consoles in vertical, horizontal, and grid forms. Auto-log, auto-completion, keywords highlight, configurable font and colors, customizable toolbar for frequently used commands or tools and minimizing to tray are easy solutions to daily needs. With PowerCmd, you can save and restore your sessions from last time.

Site: http://www.powercmd.com/

Features: http://www.powercmd.com/features.php

Answer 4

Console 2

http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/Console2ABetterWindowsCommandPrompt.aspx

Answer 5

Not sure what specifically you mean by better copy/paste but try Take Command.

Take Command supports Shift+Ins for paste and Shift+Del for cut, but apparently nothing for copy, will dig some more.

Answer 6

There are two portion to cmd.exe. First there is the window that pops up for dealing with the text console. I would replace that with ConEmu. That program is actually meant as a wrapper for the Far File manager but works just fine without it. It is very similar to Console2 but also is much more stable and has better features.

Second there is the command line interpreter. I would replace that with Powershell if you actually need any of its features.

I currently run using ConEmu with a batch file to setup my preferred environment. This is kept in my Dropbox folder so it remains synchronized between my computers.