Windows CMD: Common Commands

Windows CMD lags far behind Linux bash and macOS Terminal, but it’s still useful. Here are common commands I use.

Environment Variables

• Show env var NODE_ENV

set $NODE_ENV

• Set env var NODE_ENV

set NODE_ENV="production"

Networking

• View port usage netstat -ano
• Find processes using a specific port netstat -ano|findstr "3001"
• Find process by PID tasklist|findstr "22222"
• Kill process taskkill /f /t /im node.exe