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Viewing Environment Variables

The Set command allows you to examine as well as set
environment variables. To examine the current environment
variables, open a Command Prompt window and type set (without
any arguments). Windows 2000 displays a listing of all the current
environment variables and their values.

3. Answer the questions:

1. What makes command-line programs easier to run and
more powerful?
2. What Command symbols for controlling a program’s
input and output and connecting or chaining programs
together do you know?
3. What should one do to redirect input from a file?
4. What should one do to redirect output to a file?
5. What can one do with the output using two greater-than
signs?
6. How can one redirect both input and output in a
command line?
7. What purpose can programs be written for?
8. What is the pipe symbol used for?
9. When and why is the output of Help used as the input for
More?
10. What should one do to simply combine commands
without regard to their results?

4. Give English equivalents of the following:

багатоцільова система поточний дисковод
складна обробка даних помилкові повідомлення
послідовно здійснювати виклик допустимий символ
програм
адреса / місце призначення за глобальні параметри
замовчуванням
стандартний пристрій виводу змінна версія