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Extends the powerful ConEmu
Cmder builds on ConEmu console emulator, by adding enhancements from clink (such as bash-style completion in cmd.exe and PowerTab in powershell.exe) and optionally extending it with msysgit, that brings Unix tools to Windows.
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Can open multiple sessions using tabs
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Can open multiple sessions using split screen
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Highly flexible
Integrates with: cygwin mintty powershell msysgit
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Works nicely with command line applications
Such applications include CMD, Powershell, and MinTTY.
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Monokai color scheme
Cmder pretties up the default look of ConEmu using Monokai color scheme out of the box and allows flexible color and transparency schemes, including custom out-of-focus opacity.
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Has built-in Quake style drop-down mode
This is an extremely useful mode whereby the console hides and shows on ctrl+~ similar to a gaming console. This feature is inherited from ConEmu.
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Minimal and portable version available
There is a portable version of cmder available which is just 10 MB in size. It can be put on an external device, like a USB stick, and run off it. There's no installation required.
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Can do most things bettter than cmd or other emulators
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Hard to learn
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PowerShell has the best help system (on and offline) of any shell
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Slow at startup
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You can treat files and variables as objects
For example, you can export a directory listing to a csv object and display it as a table or export it to a sheet.
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You can use most of the commands that you use now in Bash and Cmd
You can use most of the common commands from Bash and CMD with very similar results and can use bin commands from cmd and Linux to get the exact same results, e.g. LS results look similar to Bash’s LS and ls.exe (if in path) is the same.
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A lot of things can be done
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